Introducing Children to Financial Independence.

Money can be such an emotive issue. Our attitude towards it can be affected by our childhood circumstances, our positive and negative experiences of financial matters in adult life and the extent to which we feel in control of this area of our lives. It has the potential to make or break relationships. How does [...]

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Making Changes

When I first decided to downshift some 8 years ago, together with my family, one of the decisions we made was to move house. We migrated from the leafy suburbs of Surrey to sunny Somerset, where we believed it was less expensive to live. I can remember that, during one of my many car journeys [...]

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How will I cope? The financial implications of downshifting.

1.    How much money do I need in order to downshift? You would need to have an income of some form that is higher than your living costs. If your downshifting plans involve quitting your job and having some time out, either between jobs or in order to start your own business, then it would [...]

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From Earning a Living to Living Your Dream – Finding your Ideal Vocation

Do you find yourself trapped in a job you don’t enjoy but which you continue with in order to pay the bills? My experience from coaching individual clients and from running teleclasses on downshifting is that this is a very sticky issue with many people. “Earning a living” is what most of us do, isn’t [...]

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