This blog was especially written for Age Life Balance by Audrey Jones of Travel Counsellors, who helps individuals book bespoke holidays. She has a particular interest in helping people with different disabilities find their perfect holiday. Accessible travel is a growth industry. Travelling the world is possible for everyone, no matter what disability or [...]
This article "My best life - in service of others" has been written by Lynne Bardell, one of the wonderful people I’ve met on my Age Life Balance journey over the last few years. Her story inspired me so much, I asked her if she’d consider writing a guest blog. I’m grateful and honoured that she’s [...]
Is it just me, or do you have any guilty pleasures? Is it normal to find pleasure in things that maybe we ‘shouldn’t’? Sometimes the ‘guilt’ associated with this comes from being something a little bit out of the norm, maybe a little unusual or weird. Alternatively, it may also come from feeling a sense [...]
I keep thinking I’ve already written about habits, but I’ve probably just mentioned them in a number of other blogs including routines, a week into my new life and smarter working. Habits are an important component of my life and don’t believe I’m alone here. I like to think that I’m a pretty productive individual [...]
School holidays can be fun, but can also be challenging for parents and children. Back from our travels a little earlier than initially planned – we enjoyed a great sunny bank holiday weekend with friends and family. I’m itching to dive 100%, into my work yet I’ve still got my kids for a bit longer. [...]
After several weeks of travel, we’re looking forward to going home. My kids and I have been away, visiting friends and family in the SW, since early August. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had a great time chilling, doing various activities, seeing friends & family, reading, playing games, cooking and eating. But we’ve reached the [...]
Routines have been instrumental in helping me juggle my busy life. Two weeks since leaving work and I’m yet to establish a new routine. It probably hasn’t helped that 10 days of this I’ve been touring the SW of England with my kids and staying in 4 different places. Many of us make use of [...]
A week into my new life – see last week’s post if you need a reminder - I thought it would be a good time to reflect on what’s remained the same versus what’s changed. Some things never change At the end of the day, I’m still the same me – I’ve not had [...]
It’s finally here! I've taken control of my life and it feels amazing! This week marks the start of my next chapter. Just days ago, I was an employee of a large global corporation and today I am the full-time CEO of my own business! Why? What possessed me to leave my comfortable corporate job? [...]
This is the third of three blog posts on the topic of Estate Management. I’m certainly no expert in this field but I’ve been very interested to learn more about it. My blogs have been inspired by the charismatic Julian Bright from Bright Insight Ltd, a firm of estate planners. This article is on Wills, [...]
