The Piano Diary

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Thanks @AgathaSquirrel and @beanielou!

I had my meeting with the more senior manager on Friday. It went really well and they were very positive and supportive. So I put my resignation into writing to my line manager. He has accepted it and I even received an email from HR Friday afternoon confirming my last day is 31st August. So its finally done and real. It’s a weight off my mind. We have some nice things to look forward to between now and the end of August. Next Friday we are going together to a conference in Europe, the weekend is ours to enjoy and the conference is Monday, Tuesday. Looking forward to it.

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Dear diary and all,

The wheels are in motion, my internal role will be advertised next week. I'm sure time will fly now.

Submitted my pension form yesterday with my choices. Had some growth since Christmas and fund is now £545k up from £500k. When I rebalanced at Christmas I put £75k into Emerging Markets which has grown to £95k. Post retirement, I plan to keep 2/3 still in equities for growth. 

We are off on a mini trip to Europe, away for a few days combined with a conference. Good opportunity to step back from it all. 

We had a video call with DS. All seems well. He will be back at the end of July. OH is organising a surprise party for him. It will be great to see him after 6 months away.