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Being Organised – HELP is on its way …
We call this “sorting your stuff”, and a very useful start is to collect all the information you need.
Load Shedding and the Gentle Art of self-management (part 1)
You could be your own worst enemy, here are three simple ways to make life easier. by Marianne Heron It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by pressure and by everything that is landing in those in-trays labelled Spouse, Parent, Friend, Employee, etc . Everyone wants a slice...

Over the hill?
There is a commonly held view that retirement is being put out to pasture. This is reinforced by the Google definition of retirement as: “A person who does nothing”. This is far from the truth and yet in years gone by this was the norm for our grandparents who...

Are we having fun yet?
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. (Mark Twain) It is quite a shock to have reached the age that looked ancient when your grandparents and parents were “old”. It came along so fast! And I guess that means that the next part of...

Exploring the Psychology of the Journey into Retirement
Mindful “Retirement” Exploring the Psychology of the Journey into Retirement - for Financial advisors and their clients By Dr Hannetjie van Zyl-Edeling and Associates from The Bridge Proper planning and preparedness prevent panic and purposelessness! Welcome to...

Rewired not Retired by Chris Don
My wife Caroline and I have ended up spending 4-6 months of every year overseas since my retirement. She found the website www.trustedhousesitters.com (annual fee is R1690 - the code RAF52854 will give you a 25% discount) which, when you join and set up a profile as a...

Retirement: Money is only half the story
What about the other half? Maybe you already have a financial plan, but how else can you make most of this precious time? Preparation for life planning can make a big difference to how you adjust. If you are leaving or have left work our interactive workshops backed...

Working the Future 1
Working the future can be taken two ways, it can mean you taking the future by the scruff of the neck and making it work FOR YOU or alternatively it can mean what the future of work is going to be like. And increasingly, given the unprecedented rate of change...

Working the Future 2
So how do you future proof your prospects? - in this altered work landscape where the ever-increasing rate of change is the main driver and employees are increasingly disposable. It involves a different way of thinking and letting go of the expectations of the past....

Working the Future 3 – New Stretch of Life
Life expectancy (in the Western World) is increasing by around three years every decade, which means that living to be 100 years old will become commonplace in future. This begs the question about how to afford this extra gift of years. Until relatively recently you...

Grand – by Marianne Heron
My mother had a great answer for anyone who asked her age in her later years, “I’m as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth,” she would smile. A good way to avoid disclosing her actual vintage but the answer still didn’t get around that word old with all...