What are you doing differently in 2020?

[WTFH]

We're hoping to sell up and downsize. That way I have the option of instant retirement. Staying on the South Coast but moving towards Hayling Island to be closer to the water.

Hoping to makes steps towards moving a lot further along the South of England maybe towards Dorset/Devon and get a bit more land.

Hayling is nice. It's a bit far for us for dog walks, we tend to go to Wittering or Ferring.

[MyUserName]

My back went at the end of last year which buggered up my goal list and I have to remove the heavy lifting from my routine at least for a few months so ...

Do the swing/burpee ladder in less than 12 minutes
Complete the Magic 50 in less than 10 minutes
Do a muscle up
Actually get the monthly board gaming nights up and running like I was trying to do last year and never seemed to have time.
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[BrilloPad]

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[cojak]

Exercise I s’pose...

[BrilloPad]

Exercise I s’pose...

So not trying to be nasty mod instead of nice mod?

[Whorty]

In 2019 I finished a role in March with the plan to take most of the year off .... I ended up picking up another role in May that I finished in December

Now I'm 'retired', which is a bit bizarre to say at only 49, but the aim is to be a full time carer for the wife, keep her working to cover bills etc. I'll be a house-husband, nurse, cook, gardener.

Saying that, a consultancy has contacted me about some potential work, 2 days a week fully from home which I am considering. It's 50/50 at the moment and whether it comes to fruition or not is a bit meh to be honest. Would be interesting work and keep my brain active, but my main focus has to be looking after the wife.

I aim to cycle more this year - I did 8500 KMs in 2019 so I want to exceed that distance this year. I also want to lose more weight so I can get my watts/kg to about 3.6+ (cyclists will know what I mean). I'm at 3.1 at the moment for an hour race. I have a new Specialized Roubaix Expert with Di2 so I plan to get out a bit on that once the weather gets better.

Finally, and most importantly, I plan to keep my wife well for another year. Our time is short and precious hence why I'm pulling out of work for now.

[Andy2]

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[Andy2]

What I will do different this year that after 15 years of contracting I will look for a permie job thanks to IR35.

[Whorty]

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[Lockhouse]

How much does it cost to learn bricklaying? Did you finish the course feeling totally confident you could knock out a solid wall?

I did a total of three days at my local college for £250 all in. It got me to the stage where I felt I could tackle a simple wall. I knew in theory how to do things properly, what I lacked was the practice. I'll be honest, I feel that I could do any small walls or paving in the garden but would want more practice before I tackled something more serious, plus I'm getting on a bit now. I think it'd end up like my wallpapering - I can do it, I'm not very good at it (so I don't enjoy it so much) and I've got a guy who can paper a whole wall in an hour for £50....

Hoping to makes steps towards moving a lot further along the South of England maybe towards Dorset/Devon and get a bit more land. Hayling is nice. It's a bit far for us for dog walks, we tend to go to Wittering or Ferring.

Nice. We're looking at Langstone or Emsworth. We don't actually want a big house or garden just somewhere I can build a large garage\workshop to indulge my various hobbies.