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se999

Hi

Can't get onto the new site, I copy pasted the password, so that should be Ok., using IE as a browser, but I get the following error message:

Authorization Required

This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.

Double_Trouble

se999 wrote: »

DT I'm another one mega hit by the women's pension age changes. I had a real rant on KC's thread earlier this week. It seems strange that no one seems to be realising the effect on women in their 50's who've done all the contributions for retiring at 60, then for me it moved to just over 63 with the EU/Labour equalising with men, and now it looks like 65 to 66. So despite doing sensible pension planning, I'm left with in pension planning terms with nearly no time to do anything, and full employment unlikely in the current economic climate for peoples in 50s & 60s, so savings meant for retirement will need to be spent on livings costs, as the retirement savings will stop eligibility for any means tested benefits.

I must admit if it was a private insurance scheme and you'd made all your contributions and they told people to just go jump, we're not paying you until a few years later there'd be an uproar.

If anyone knows of any on line petitions to complain about it, I'd like the info

I am trying to give it a positive slant ( must be reading the Secret for the third time:T) at 51 I was probably not going to be able to start a new career retiring at 60 but retiring at 66 means that as far as employers are concerned I have 15 years left in me and am a better bet - the downside is my learning a second language skills are weak never been my forte I can learn it to read and write but not speak and I really need to be able to speak Welsh to get a job where I live and moving is not an option. I can't sing, hopeless at distinguishing where people come from by their accent so I think I have a bad ear for things unlike my OH who can play a tune by ear, sing beautifully and learn languages at the drop of a hat.

So I need a behind the scenes job where being meticulous and conscientious is appreciated but where having to connect with customers clients/customers is not needed - any ideas?


DTxx

JoS1972

Ellidee wrote: »

I can't get into the new site - keep getting this message
This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.

I'm having problems getting onto the site to, any ideas??

se999

DT I'm looking at self-employed being my only realistic option, so basically going to do a personal skills audit to see what I am able to do and then look into the options available. But for me it's going to be getting it all ready for when we've got a new house, as not knowing where it will be makes it difficult to assess the practicalities of some of the alternatives.

Karmacat

Marru wrote: »

How could you start establishing spiritual practice now in your current situation? Even if it is just 15 minutes per day.

I think I need to make it an appointment in my diary - there's no regularity to when my appointments are, so I can't say "I'll listen to a CD at 1pm" - but making an appointment each day and seeing it as being just as fixed as seeing a client. Thank you!

When it comes to stuff that needs to do. Choose every day the 3 most important things that would make the biggest difference in your life and give you a real sense of achievement. Then do those three things FIRST before anything else and perhaps using those 15 minute bursts.

Maybe .... there are so many little things within the house. This week was slated for health stuff, actually, outside the house, of course - find a GP, find a dentist, attend the local hospital for some X rays (I'm in a lot of pain at the moment with arthritis in a collarbone, very disruptive).

I am moving houses on Friday if all goes well so lots of 15 minute bursts going on here :cool: :rotfl:

Good luck to you, Marru! How far are you moving, how much stuff do you have to move?

Craftyscholar

Firewalker wrote: »

Good morning Matrix and other friends,

I hardly ever post in the morning but today is a very special day – it is the end of the 100 day challenge and it is Mr. F’s birthday. So special days demand special action.

I set myself only one goal for the 100 day challenge: to finish the book about fitness (and I had not started it back than). Meanwhile loads else has happened so will be including intended and un-intended achievements.

Finish book (working title Fitness for All)

Book is 80% there – the parts left to do are mainly down to co-author who is a top fitness instructor and has been very busy over the summer: racing and training. Shall be done, dusted and will be selling like hot bread by Christmas.

Job

During the first two weeks of October 2010 I received invitations for three key note speeches (academic ones) and one workshop. Two of those are in areas I set out to establish myself in couple of years ago.

Between August and today have been approached twice to do consultancy.

Have co-organised a high level workshop for next April; top academics not only accepted to come (without honorarium) but also are really keen and interested. Also just heard that the funder of the project decided to fund the workshop separately which frees some more funds for the research itself (£10K to be precise).

Have submitted one paper to a top journal; have one almost ready to submit and another one in progress.

Personal growth

During the last 100 days I:

Learned who I am;
Figured out what I want;
Developed a plan how to get what I want;
Have started implementing the plan.

Not bad for only 100 days. Thanks guys and for many more like that – without you and all the chat about cooking and bras, business and grounding, visualisation and mantras my life would have been so static and boring. With you I learned to learn rather than blame, support rather than put down – I learned that a supportive group is all we need to blossom.

Firewalker

:T:T:T
What an inspiring post, Firewalker.
Thank you for sharing.

I read through your 'Personal Growth' and thought "I wish I could learn who I am":o

Then I thought

I have learned from this thread that I am not business inclined.
I did work out some time ago :o what my perfect life would be and that I had just about all the essentials.

As usual got stuck on the implementing bit.:mad:

EssexHebridean

With the arrival of the new forum, we perhaps need to get this thread back to closer to what the MD&M one covered / provided originally. With that in mind, how are those of you who did the grand wardrobe sort-out getting on with your new minimalist capsule collection? I'd love to be able to do it, but I'm not sure I have enough of a personal sense of style to be able to fully "Gok" myself.

It's something I have been thinking of as [STRIKE]if[/STRIKE] when my new business idea takes off I'm going to need to think about dressing very differently to the way i was in my previous job. Thus I've had to think about the smarter end of my clothes - the sort of thing which has been drawn out for smarter occasions over the past few years. It's a bit strange, not least because almost all of that sort of stuff in my wardrobe is getting on a bit.

Bought a pair of boots from Matalan yesterday though - black ankle boots, with a nice and not too high wedge heel - £22 so a bargain for leather boots!

Karmacat

Double_Trouble wrote: »

So I need a behind the scenes job where being meticulous and conscientious is appreciated but where having to connect with customers clients/customers is not needed - any ideas?

DT, that sounds like financial work to me ....

se999

EssexHebridean wrote: »

With the arrival of the new forum, we perhaps need to get this thread back to closer to what the MD&M one covered / provided originally. With that in mind, how are those of you who did the grand wardrobe sort-out getting on with your new minimalist capsule collection? I'd love to be able to do it, but I'm not sure I have enough of a personal sense of style to be able to fully "Gok" myself.

It's something I have been thinking of as [STRIKE]if[/STRIKE] when my new business idea takes off I'm going to need to think about dressing very differently to the way i was in my previous job. Thus I've had to think about the smarter end of my clothes - the sort of thing which has been drawn out for smarter occasions over the past few years. It's a bit strange, not least because almost all of that sort of stuff in my wardrobe is getting on a bit.

Bought a pair of boots from Matalan yesterday though - black ankle boots, with a nice and not too high wedge heel - £22 so a bargain for leather boots!

I really joined in more with the capsule on Hypno's thread, just did this post on there this morning

"Anyway had a lie in this morning, and a lazy start. But decided it was time for a pamper, so a nice soak in the bath with the hotel freebie bath fizzy bath salts, then slow and careful facial and makeup. Then put together a new outfit from the capsule

A blue/black French Connection long sleeved dress/tunic (less than half price from TKMaxx), black leggings bought to match it (from Miss Etam whilst in Holland, cheap & cheerful consumable element of the capsule approx £10), black Clarks shoes with kitten heels ( reduced from £45 to £19 at a Clarks factory shop).

Result was I looked really skinny (the exercise is working), and the outfit looked stylish & expensive. I felt really good, and the capsule is working "

EH - as long as things are classic them 'getting on a bit' doesn't matter as long as they still look good.

Going to be in London in November, and hoping to book one of the freebie personal shoppers in one of the big department stores, to try to get me to try on some clothes that I normally wouldn't.

Marru

Karmacat wrote: »

Good luck to you, Marru! How far are you moving,

From North Somerset to Midlands

Karmacat wrote: »

how much stuff do you have to move?

Too much :eek: (I was a proseller in Amazon couple of years back until I had to close my shop because it was making a loss, I am left with the stock and can't make myself to just flog it )

*toodles off to see how big van she can hire*

Oooh - I would love to have a smart capsule wardrobe for work (something that doesn't need ironing :rotfl:)