Because most people can’t afford to retire
And I am one of them.
I am a dreamer and a risk taker, and that combination usually does not do well with regulated employment. I worked for a few companies in my younger years, but eventually drifted towards self-employment. I’m also not a businessman and that combination meant I did not save enough for retirement.
I am now retired, or so society says, but I still need an income and hence my continual pursuit towards a paying past-time.
I created a series of podcasts, videos in which I discussed retirement and shared some advice and also shared my first few months of my journey and these are the links to get you there:
Why most people buy into the Retirement Myth:
A short history of retirement.
A birding walk at The Pink Geranium.
A weekend in Mossel Bay with a surprise visit from some wildlife.
The difference between a Retirement Annuity and a Living Annuity.
Different Living annuity choices.
Some great images of the birds in our garden in the Northern suburbs of Cape Town.
Why we must have a budget and how we do it.
A nifty little way of saving for payments that we know are coming.
Save money, bake bread. Here I show you how to bake a loaf of bread with four simple ingredients.
Some advice on diversification, we need more than one basket for our eggs.
Writing is my passion.
A surprise visitor for our holistic talk (I know it’s awful, but I had fun)
Some more bread products from the same basic recipe.
Do what you enjoy, I stick to writing.
But be disciplined else whatever you are doing will not move forward.
Advice on being persistent even if you don’t feel like it.
Follow a process, not just random stuff.
And that’s all folks.
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