Why you get stuck after deciding to change is simpler than you think. We have circled around the moment you realise that one income isn’t safe like a hungry shark circles a group of surfers out on their boards. We…
When you watch someone at work slowly retreat into themselves, you start to question how safe any of this really is. Especially when everything depends on one income stream continuing to behave itself. This is the person who used to…
This week, I got a sharp reminder of why depth stops paying when I found myself doubting my ability over one tiny challenge. A new challenge had landed on my desk. Not a huge one. Not the sort of thing…
LiveGood landed in my lap and took on a life of its own. It was like a high-voltage shot had triggered my system to wake up. After months of mulling things over in my head, of trying to find solutions…
How is it possible that in one day I can feel so completely overwhelmed in life, experiencing the full range of emotions from elation at new paths unfolding and bold plans forming, to incredible anger, disappointment, standstill and sadness —…
At some point, quietly and without much warning, you go from experienced to overqualified at work — and no one really explains what that’s supposed to mean. Not at the beginning — the beginning makes perfect sense. That’s what makes…
Life between Switzerland and Australia is not as romantic as it sounds. The tension that is created when you want two things equally leaves you standing in the middle, turning your head this way and that, quietly hoping that one…
Life after 50 is supposed to wind down. I’m still trying to work out who, exactly, this applies to. Because if you run the numbers properly, it doesn’t quite add up. At fifty, there are easily another twenty or thirty…
Slow money psychology has been sitting uncomfortably beside me for months now. Every single day I wonder if I am too late to the party.Have I somehow missed the last boat sailing towards that mythical coastline of freedom, money and…
Income ecosystem thinking was never part of my plan.For most of my adult life, the simplicity of a single income stream felt not only normal but deeply reassuring. You develop your skills, show up with conviction, work hard and —…