I was a bit worried that retirement would turn out to be a very expensive proposition. The theory is that you spend less in retirement because you no longer have the expenses associated with work, such as smart clothes, the daily commute, coffees and lunches. This is a good theory, but it doesn’t apply to…
Month: August 2019
How it all began
First I stopped working. I didn’t think of it as retirement as such because naturally I’m far too young for that. It was more like ‘resting between engagements’ the way actors do. Although my husband had decided to take early retirement and really had no intention of going back to work, I felt that I…