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Breaking Through, Travelling On
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Well KC - I for one LOVE your solar kettle!4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)New projection - 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 16 mths)Psst...I may have started a diary!0
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Another vote for your idea KC, sounds like a go-er :T.Or you could just knuckle down and retire at 65, cos that's what 'normal' people do
. I love the way people on here find alternative ways of doings things :j.
But I have news for you, sorry - normal people, even of my advanced age, retire at 66 :eek::eek::eek: Iknow its not *really* news2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
But I have news for you, sorry - normal people, even of my advanced age, retire at 66 :eek::eek::eek: Iknow its not *really* news
By the time I retire, the retirement age will be 100 and the school leaving age will be 25..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
By the time I retire, the retirement age will be 100 and the school leaving age will be 25...
The rocket stove, lets leave it. I can't grasp what you're envisioning, and since I have a solution that works for me, it's fine, honestly :kisses3:2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Morning campers! I have a list in my diary ... its all about catching up with people after being ill for so long - emails, texts, phone calls :eek: and for one friend I've neglected shamefully, only an actual, real live letter will do. And I want to return to a couple of forums I used to post on before I got ill...
Otherwise, I think I may have a problem with the washing machine - going to run an empty wash and see if it *will* run :eek: and even the microwave made a funny noise this morning :eek:
Finally, its about scanning and decluttering - by the end of this week, I want to be at the stage where I can look at extra income again, like matched betting, as I mentioned to edinburgher. Need to get that going.2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
I wrote this ages ago, in my house folder ...
1. admin, first off: accounts, insurance renewal, re-accreditation, shredding.
2. garden: being out there is healthy, just breathing, and doing the work. Weeding, pruning, planting (thinking mostly garlic and onions right now), mulching.
3. health routine - a mix of deep breathing, herbal tonics, salt gargling, fresh air, short walks, reiki, stuff like that. Need to remember to focus regularly.
4. cleaning. There's one big job - the mould that was in the porch has spread a little bit, to old silicon seals around the remaining windows I haven't replaced, that sort of thing. Got to do a proper job on that.
5. as I regain strength (and the flu season passes, I'm a bit paranoid) make sure I see people a couple of times a week.
6. get a work routine going again, focussing on therapy work and writing. That should get some income going. I need to put mse diary-reading to break times, not work times
7. decluttering - so that when I retire, I'm free to implement plans, whatever and wherever. But not working so hard at *anything* that I forget to enjoy myself in the present.2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Sounds like a good plan just try to remember to take it easy and take care :kisses3:Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James0
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Thanks Elli! Absolutely, taking it easy and taking care are crucial. Health specifics are there, and I do enjoy being out in the garden. I even enjoy a moderate social life, when I'm well enough :beer: and I love describing myself as a writer, thats a huge positive for me.
How are you yourself?2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Right, update!
1. Done one of the phone calls, appointment made.
2. Apologetic letter written to my friend, I'm just off upstairs to print it.
3. Washing machine tested - there's a software error, apparently, so I'm just going to put some washing in ...
4. Opened the post, no horror stories (its been sitting around for a bit).
5. Biggest of all, I transferred money to France for the apartment in a new way, a company called Transferwise, recommonded by cherisong that used to be on here. No fees, because it was my first use of the company, and a rate 5 cents a euro better than my bank does. Thats quite a bit of dosh, I'm a happy bunny.2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Good work! :j :j0
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