What one person can do is the compilation of our personal journeys.  It began as a newsletter to friends and associates about investment opportunities and local happenings.  As the newsletter evolved we started to include articles about our life experiences on the road to financial freedom.  These articles are an honest look at ourselves and how we have overcome some of the obstacles in our path.   The feedback from the newsletter recipients on the articles has been humbling.  

On our continuing journey of life after business we have decided to put these articles onto the web.  It is our hope that our experiences on the journey of life will strike a chord with others out there in cyberland.  It is comforting to know that we are not alone and we are not crazy.

The articles range from money to relationships.  I hope you enjoy them.

Magnificent Margot

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30 Nov 2009    Freedom vs. Security Marriage has never, nor will it ever, be about security for me. I am no more secure in my relationship then I was when I was not married.  In fact I do not want security in my relationship. I view relationship security like financial security – it comes at the price of my freedom.   30 Sep 2009    Letter to a friend How to gently whollop your friends in a loving and supportive way.   Apart from a name change this was my letter to a friend who was up to his neck in it.    I have enormous respect for the fear and the anger he faced with his marriage breakup - it was tough!  Now that his has embraced his own journey he has found happiness and shares his joy with us.  What more could one ask for?   15 Jul 2009    Working at Marriage Everyone talks about marriage as something we have to work at it. Sod that! I don’t want to work at being married, I didn’t sign on to a job, crikey! No wonder I wasn’t thrilled about the idea of getting married for so many years; society hardly makes it sound like fun!    28 Oct 2008    Death of a Relationship Relationships are about trust. Do you trust yourself? Do you trust others? I used to think that I was better than Keith. I was more organised, more structured, better educated, more worldly, more practical, better travelled, a better money manager, healthier, etc, etc, etc. I was just better than Keith. I didn’t trust Keith to do a job as well as me.   27 Oct 2008    Nice, Fine and OK! Three words that men should never use.   27 Oct 2008    “You Should’s” One of my pet hates is “You Should’s”. What is a You Should? When someone asks for help we start finding solutions for them thinking that we are being helpful. “You should get another job. You should leave your partner. You should discipline your children.”   Grrrrrrr....!   27 Oct 2008    Communication 101 When Keith and I first got together we had a bunch of ground rules that we formed.  There were no flowers or candle light dinners; it seemed like one long year of negotiation. As each small niggle arose I tackled it like a rugby player.    27 Oct 2008    Who is Magnificent Margot I’m not sweetheart, or love, or the wife or the ball and chain… I’m Magnificent Margot! How good is that? What a title!   20 Oct 2008    How it all started. Keith has talked about writing a book for years. “Let’s  write a book!” he would say. “Yeah. Let’s” I would grumble.      20 Oct 2008    Pre-packaged partners. Unfortunately fantastic partners don’t come pre-packaged. If only....!    20 Oct 2008    Things in Common Someone asked me whether Keith and I had many things in common.  Ummmm..... NO!