Faking Retirement

Our journey to stop working and spend more time with our family.

Rob James

Securing some income

I’ve picked up a little more work recently. This helps towards an arbitrary goal I’ve set, that implied I wouldn’t make the final jump until I was making enough money on the side to cover at least the mortgage and a few bills. I’ve also…

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Rob James

New office plans

So after mulling over the last design for a few weeks I had one problem niggling at me from the start. It’s positioning. I had planned to set the office into a little hole down the side of the garden, and planned to angle it…

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Rob James

The balloon project

We have embarked on our first project. I got bored doing a new agency site (it’s hard writing about yourself!) and the garden office is on hold until it’s warmer outside - so we started a new project… From my previous post you’ll remember our…

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Rob James

DIY details - no more Mr Bodger!

For the past few weeks I’ve been designing the structure of my garden office. I’ve been drawing to the last detail, from the ground up. It really helps me think everything through properly. I’m not a builder, but I’m pretty handy at DIY to a…

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