It’s hard to remember what a life at work was like now, I’ve adjusted to a new pace of life and that life has more than expanded to fill the time available. When I first retired I made the mistake of trying to pack to much into my weeks, It...
For most of my life I’ve subscribed to the low fat, high carbohydrate philosophy of eating, what I’ve actually eaten has varied quite a lot but it’s safe to say that it’s been dominated by wheat and oats, in all it’s forms, but mostly bread. Fresh foods have mostly been...
I came late to programming, being too old to discover it at school, and my first introduction too it didn’t go well. I was forced into writing assembly code to control a traffic light in electronics class at university, torture. I soon forgot everything I’d learned, keen to block all...
Well I’ve finished my first retirement challenge, Visiting a Different Cafe Every Day for 30 Days and it worked out well. When I first thought of this ‘challenge’ I was mostly having a laugh with myself, it’s hardly a challenge to go to cafes and lots of people commented “can...
I’m just past the one month mark in my retirement and just moving out of the – I’m on holiday – phase and moving into the – rest of my life – phase. It’s a slightly disconcerting feeling, but a hopeful one. During the first month I took some concrete...
Slightly overlapping with my 30 cafes in 30 days challenge, I’m starting up a new 28 day challenge, the overlap and slightly shorter duration is necessitated by the logistical impossibility of eating garden grown food while on holiday in London with Steph. Since I’ve only just started growing my own...
I’ve just completed my first full week of retirement and my first impression was that not much had changed. I’ve been winding down for years and the last few months while recovering from a bad flare involved very little work. My first impression then was that this first week had...
As I explained in my last post, I’m embarking on a series of 30 day challenges and my first is close to my heart, cafes. I love visiting cafes, sampling the atmosphere and relaxing while chatting, eating, reading and writing. I must admit though to enjoying the routine of mostly...
From what I’ve been reading 30 days is the minimum length of time that it typically takes to establish a new habit or to replace an old one. 30 day challenges sound like a good way to have fun with the idea, and adding a few challenges into my life...
Now that I’ve retired from traditional work I have to face up to the fact that for the next 10 years I’m living off a fixed lump sum and thereafter living off a pension who’s value waxes and wanes with the vagaries of the stock market. Although I’ve lived for...