Introduction Raising grandchildren can be a costly business and there is no doubt you have not planned for this situation in your older age. Plans for retirement might need to change: you may find you need to retire early to cope with your new life […]
Many families now live a long way apart, with family members working in different states and countries, so you might not be near your grandchildren. You can still have a loving relationship with, and give support to, your grandchildren. Offer to have the grandchildren to […]
Unfortunately many people forego the planning required to prepare for retirement, often until it is too late. However, this needn’t be the case. Even if you are about to retire or you have already retired you can still apply these principles to get your investments […]
Retirement isn’t an event: it is a process, which happens over time. For many of us it comes with leaving full-time employment at 60 or 65 or thereabouts. For others it is a process of winding down over a longer period. For some it is […]
There is a wide range of accommodation options for people over 50. In many instances, people moving into some of these are planning a significant change of lifestyle. Some of the options are – caravan parks, relocatable home villages, retirement villages, self care accommodation for over […]
Many mature workseekers desperately want acknowledgement of themselves as valuable individuals, and approach their jobsearch with that uppermost in their minds. The reality is, however, most employers are not really interested in who the person might be – or at least not until that person […]
An interview with Diana Randall Not so long ago Diana’s life was 99% stress. She had sold a house, moved from the other side of the world, got divorced and her mother was ill back in the UK. At 50 she had been out of […]
Financial independence is a goal many strive to achieve, yet only a few accomplish. Why is this the case when we live in such a prosperous country? The most common reason is lack of knowledge in how to create financial independence, while others lack the […]
At last you’ve both retired and hopefully your financial planner has said you can afford it. From here on in, life’s one happy holiday – or is it? What you probably haven’t been told is that retirement brings a whole range of new challenges that […]
Will your business idea work? You’ve got an idea, but is it a business opportunity? When you’ve decided on an idea which fits with you as a person, then you’ll need to spend time carefully investigating it further to see if it is in fact, […]