How to Retire in 12 Months

Once upon a time…

There was a girl who decided to change her life. She blogged about each part of the adventure and people started to get involved and be part of the journey. Magical things started to happen.

One day she decided to leave her home and travel to wonderful places and meet wonderful people. But she pondered… what if the travel could have some meaning? Just as that very thought crossed her mind, whiz-bang-pop! a lovely lady appeared who said (more…)

Posted on January 25, 2012 in 12 Month Challenges, Dream Lifestyle (Tags: Lifestyle Choices, Lifestyle Design, World Vision) 31 Comments

Six months ago I partnered up with my good friend Amanda to start a new blog: Single to Married in 12 Months. Amanda had noticed some patterns in her love life and I had some theories on the topic that I was preparing for my next book.

My theory is that finding “the one” is all about mindset. Amanda was keen to test my theory, so the 12 Months challenge was set and the blog was born.

From my own experience blogging has been life changing and opened many doors. What rocks now is to see was that Amanda is now experiencing the same effect! As well as front page of the paper this week, she made her first TV (more…)

Posted on January 17, 2012 in 12 Month Challenges, Dream Lifestyle, Single to Married in 12 Months, Why Blog? (Tags: Creating Wealth, Passion, single to married, Why Blog?) 8 Comments

This is the best bit!

Once again I am the proud mother of some bouncing baby website owners! This week I interviewed three of the October Website Launchpad participants about their new websites, please check them out and if you like what you see, download their eBooks and follow them as they take their first steps. (more…)

Posted on January 05, 2012 in The Retire Young Course, Website Launchpad (Tags: Being Creative, Creating Product, Elizabeth Jones, Erin O'Brien, Susan Saad, the retire young course) 4 Comments

When was the last time you changed your life significantly for the better? What was it that happened?

Did you take a risk? Did you make a decision about someone? How did your actions change? Was the change due to an external influence, or did you decide to do things a little differently?

Change is a normal part of life, yet we often avoid it like the plague. A few people recently have confessed to me their desire to make a big life change but there is a huge fear attached to what may happen.

Sometimes a series of small changes is all you need to significantly change how your life plays out, so here are (more…)

Posted on December 28, 2011 in 12 Month Challenges, Escaping the Rat Race, Getting Started, Making a Difference, Success Mindset and Philosophy (Tags: Change your Life, Clarity, Goals, Lifestyle Choices, not enough time, Passion) 10 Comments

On Friday I spoke at the Jolly Solo Christmas party (this is a party that I heard about last year when we interviewed a certain Budget Bitch on the radio show).

Basically it is an awesome night for people who are in business, yet too small to have a Christmas party. It was graciously organised by Leah who runs The Golden Goose and Janna who runs Fletcher Tax.

I was excited to be asked to speak and was determined that if nothing else I wanted to get my message across and inspire people. The other presentations I have done have been more technical, and so writing a motivational speech was much more (more…)

Posted on December 05, 2011 in 12 Month Challenges, Public Speaking Challenge (Tags: fear of public speaking, Get over a fear, Motivational Speech) 6 Comments

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the death of my beloved little brother Ethan. 365 days since it all came crashing down.

A few people have noted how well we seem to be dealing with the grief. No bitterness, no blame, no wanting to die like I might have imagined I would, if I ever were to imagine losing my brother and closest friend… well, before it actually happened that is.

It’s such a weird experience to have the people you love the most die; even the terms used to describe death are weird… “passed away” like a second hand shirt or “lost” like a kitten up a tree.

The thing is that however much you analyse the words or appreciate how amazing people have been around me or how other people lack understanding… it doesn’t change a thing… he is still dead. (more…)

Posted on November 22, 2011 in Where are we at? (Tags: Appreciate your family, Grief and loss) 18 Comments