One of my followers commented that she liked the idea of ’58 being middle-aged!’. I guess she felt that middle-age is somewhat younger than 58?? It got me thinking. What is middle-age? Or should I say – When is middle-age? Are you middle-aged right now? If not, when do you think you will be? Or,…
Tag: middle-aged
Husbanding my resources (oh the irony!)
I’m cutting back. You’ve heard of Extreme Ironing? This is Extreme Economising. But also – I’m determined to keep on eating healthy food. This is my way of taking control. So I’ve made myself some rules – here they are Rule 1 – using up what I’ve already got. I’m working my way through everything…
Selling the Jag
The first major thing I did was sell my car. I was driving a Jaguar XF. Lovely car, obviously – but when I sat down and crunched the numbers, I realised it was costing me over £500 a month to run (finance, insurance, tax, fuel, servicing and MOT, repairs and car wash). Before I even…
58 and Counting
‘Who am I?’ and ‘Where am I going with my life?’ and ‘What the hell happens next?’ – nothing forces you to answer those questions quite like a husband walking out on you when you’re 58. It’s 4 months ago today since he told me he was leaving, and it also happens to be our…
