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The end of a year off work

A year off work - relaxing

The year-off work is almost over and I’m finding it hard to believe that it’s only been one year since we packed up and left Boston.  It feels like five years.  It would be easy to say that this year… Continue Reading…


A year off work – Another 6 weeks on

 This is going to be the final post in the trilogy of starting a year off, as I want to focus on what we are experiencing by having this extra time. I have been asked, and to be fair we… Continue Reading…


A year off work – One month in…

View of Windermere from Latterbarrow

The first month of our year off work has been completed and Jackie asked me to reflect, so where to start.  Post the Christmas and New Year catch up with friends and family, we relocated from Devon, moving North to… Continue Reading…


A Yearlong Sabbatical

Having finished my Boston assignment on 31st December, Jackie and I have just started a yearlong sabbatical.  I have been working for 25 years straight and have come to the decision that now is a good time to think about… Continue Reading…