Who needs a 5-star hotel?
I didn’t want to go to sleep last night. I was layered up in thermals, sleeping bag and bivvy bag, snug as a bug in a rug, watching the...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Sep 8
- 7 min
17 essential tips for your RYA Competent Crew sailing course
Mike and I have just completed our RYA Competent Crew sailing course. Here are 17 things I was glad that I knew – or wish I had known...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Are you at a crossroads?
Henrietta’s face dropped. She looked down at the table before raising her eyes back to mine, looking morose. ‘What am I supposed to do...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Twelve Blogs of Christmas - and Financial Freedom
This Christmas, be your own true love and give yourself the gift of greater financial freedom. Can you commit to investing just 17...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Riding the storm
Have you ever been completely knocked off course by one of life’s storms? Do you ever wonder how you would cope if you were? Last year,...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
The power of reflection
Reflecting on your bucket list achievements can give you new insights into both yourself and the world around you. During her late teens,...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
What is ESG investing?
Would you work for a company that poured a chemical soup into your local river, killing fish and harming local people? Would you buy from...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Would you go to the theatre on your own?
On a balmy summer’s evening a few months ago, I was sitting in the woods watching the flickering flames of a campfire and talking to my...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Nov 25, 2021
- 4 min
Is property a good investment?
In this week’s blog, we tell a few stories about our own and other people’s experiences of buying and renting property to illustrate some...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Live Your Bucket List audiobook is live!
The Live Your Bucket List audiobook is now live across multiple platforms! You can now buy and download the audiobook in whatever package...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Nov 19, 2021
- 3 min
How to Manage Debt
In our blog about financial wellness last week, we talked about the importance of not having too much debt. This week, we want to explore...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
Race to Zero – the adventure of our lives?
In these blogs, I tend to write about adventure and living an extraordinary life, including personal financial planning. Today, I am...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
What does financial wellbeing mean to you?
Do you suffer from money-related stress? If so, you’re not alone, whether or not you are a high earner. Aegon has recently reported that...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Oct 31, 2021
- 1 min
Reading and Dreaming
I have been spending far too many hours sitting in front of my computer recently instead of adventuring. I have started writing my next...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Oct 29, 2021
- 4 min
Financial Planning is Liberating!
Financial planning can change lives! This is the first of our blogs telling an in-depth true-life story about just how much of a...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Oct 15, 2021
- 5 min
Six essential lessons for financial security
In Keren-Jo Thomas’ thirty years of working with clients from all backgrounds and with different levels of wealth, she has only come...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
Caving for beginners
The flow of water over the rocks was strong. We had arrived at the pool in time to watch the last person of the group ahead disappear up...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Cash - a safe bet or a risky business?
In Keren’s experience as an independent financial advisor, she has found that women generally hold more in cash savings and less in...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
Lost in the fog - navigation skills required
When I was packing for hiking the South West Coast Path last year, I became obsessed with weight. I shaved grams off what I had to carry...
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Julia Goodfellow-Smith
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Can you rely on your state pension?
Julia’s state pension in the UK has recently been forecast at £9,371 a year – just under £800 a month, from the age of 67. As Julia owns...
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