Retired
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I see myself retired in 10 years time. A new purpose with some long term offshore sailing. Living my best life. For today, I’m also living my best life – why not. Time is short:
retírement planning
Wealth – How much is enough?
You can find endless pages, advertorials, articles with advice about how to invest for retirement. The big question is “How much do I need to retire?” The easiest way to answer this is “Just a little bit more!”. So we plod on for another year and another year….. Pay a bit more off the mortgage,
Wealth – How much is enough? Read More »
Sunrise or Sunset
What is your favourite time of day? It’s got to be either sunrise or sunset. They are such beautiful times of the day, especially outdoors and sailing. Sunrise can be a huge relief, after a difficult night of sailing and facing the prospect of an off watch, some food and rest. Sunset is often the
Rocky Road
What’s your favourite recipe? During COVID lockdown, I did a project with my son as part of the digital citizen badge. We made a video explaining how to make rocky road. We also created a blog to share this with people. It was great fun. https://ben-pblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/how-to-make-rocky-road.html I hope you enjoy watching the video and it’s
Life is exciting!
Tell us about the last thing you got excited Today we start the bank holiday weekend with a 220 mile drive down to Cornwall for a week of family holiday. My wife’s driving at the moment, my 16 year old daughter, 14 year old son and chocolate Labrador in the back of the car. Roof
The wind in my sails
Aug 24, 2023 Retirement Plans Where did your name come from? There is a song by Victor Crone called Wind in my sails -the lyrics can be found here. It talks of a spiritual awakening, finding love and how that can drive you forwards in life. “The wind in your sails”also refers to someone helping you
The wind in my sails Read More »
Lifestyle Cities
How would you design the city of the future? Flexible appropriate living spaces is what I would design in my future city. I would move away from the concept of home ownership to a more appropriate model where mobility and flexibility are the drivers. Why do we have people retiring with empty nests in five