A few days ago while digesting my lunch I decided that, as I could not focus much on work, I could just as well rake up the large amount of leaves that were covering our lawn. It was the day the government announced that London, among others, would move up to Covid alert level 2, meaning increased restrictions on who we could meet and where.
(more…)You know you’re in having your midlife crisis when you wonder about the meaning of what you do every day.
This post is in reply to Saving Ninja’s thought experiment this month – what to do when you retire? I’ve been thinking about it for a while and this is my view on it.
You may have noticed that I have been kind of offline from this blog for a few weeks. That is because my current contract involves plenty of travel, probably more than I had anticipated when I sign up for it.
(more…)As some of you know, professionally I’ve had a bit of a rather-roller coaster during the last few years.
(more…)The truth is, I’m 41, and only a few months ago I started to think seriously about Financial Independence.
For me that was a Friday last month. It was March and a rare day of good weather after a long, wet winter. I was working from home while our little one was being looked after by our nanny. (A couple of months before she has a spell of very bad health with one hospital stay after the other, so we decided to get a nanny for a short while. She is now back at nursery.)
After my daughter was born I seriously considered getting a remote job and gain in job flexibility.
I love a good side hustle. Not only do they bring in some extra money, they give a bit of diversity.
