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So Whats Your Big Aims For 2013?
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So the big 2 days are nearly over. Always a time not just for reflection but to think what 2013 brings. What is coming up on your horizon for 2013?
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Just sold a field, I think (fingers crossed) for £15k an acre. Now I have to avoid spending the money. It's meant to go towards supporting me in my old age but, knowing me, that will only work if old age is defined as "within three years hence" !
Worries? Same as anyone in business. I closed a shop this year and have only just sold the premises, after 6 months, having made four staff redundant in the process; retail is in a bad way, though picking up slightly; and also closed a garage business with the loss of 20 staff; if you think retail is in a bad way, the motor trade is the worst I have seen it in in 30 years. Those premises cry out for redevelopment, but buyers are very thin on the ground. Whatever they say, banks aren't financing anything.
Still, for all that, I'm not as badly off as the skilled people who I had to lay off. Some are middle-aged, the redundancy money won't go far, and their prospects of re-employment in the midlands, or anywhere, are not good. At least I have more capital either now or in prospect.
Worries are comparative. My late father opened a new garage in the 1930s, when he was only in his twenties. He advertised for a petrol pump attendant. When he arrived next morning after the ad appeared, 83 men were on his forecourt, all after the one job. Many were older than his own father, let alone him, and highly skilled engineers. He never forgot that.Times have been harder.
Worries? Same as anyone in business. I closed a shop this year and have only just sold the premises, after 6 months, having made four staff redundant in the process; retail is in a bad way, though picking up slightly; and also closed a garage business with the loss of 20 staff; if you think retail is in a bad way, the motor trade is the worst I have seen it in in 30 years. Those premises cry out for redevelopment, but buyers are very thin on the ground. Whatever they say, banks aren't financing anything.
Still, for all that, I'm not as badly off as the skilled people who I had to lay off. Some are middle-aged, the redundancy money won't go far, and their prospects of re-employment in the midlands, or anywhere, are not good. At least I have more capital either now or in prospect.
Worries are comparative. My late father opened a new garage in the 1930s, when he was only in his twenties. He advertised for a petrol pump attendant. When he arrived next morning after the ad appeared, 83 men were on his forecourt, all after the one job. Many were older than his own father, let alone him, and highly skilled engineers. He never forgot that.Times have been harder.
1 - to try not to worry about everything, all the time
2 - to get our new house just the way we like it and not give a stuff what anybody else thinks of it
3 - to get fitter
4 - to keep the relationships I have with my husband and children as strong and happy as they are at the moment
5 - to be more mindful in my shopping, in terms of saving money and environmental impact
2 - to get our new house just the way we like it and not give a stuff what anybody else thinks of it
3 - to get fitter
4 - to keep the relationships I have with my husband and children as strong and happy as they are at the moment
5 - to be more mindful in my shopping, in terms of saving money and environmental impact
Lose a bit of weight, get a bit fitter(hopefully both by cycling a lot more) and with any luck meet someone special.
Not been on holiday for 3 years so really lloking forward to going on holiday to Southern France with my son. It's worked out perfectly because we'll get to see a stage of the 100th Tour de France on my birthday.
Not been on holiday for 3 years so really lloking forward to going on holiday to Southern France with my son. It's worked out perfectly because we'll get to see a stage of the 100th Tour de France on my birthday.
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