Resources
Guides and articles that explore retirement, purpose, health & more.
Resources
14th of October 2026
Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Before You Retire?
Paying off your mortgage before retirement isn't always best. Compare keeping, reducing or clearing it, with worked examples of payments and savings left.
13th of October 2026
What would your ideal retirement week cost?
Build a retirement budget from the week you want. Price everyday pleasures, bills and holidays, then test stopping, part-time work or one more year.
13th of October 2026
Should You Give Your Children Money Now or Leave It as an Inheritance?
Should you give children money now or leave an inheritance? I compare house deposits, gifting rules and how to keep your own retirement safe.
12th of October 2026
Can I retire at 55?
Follow a worked example, fund the pension gap and compare stopping, part-time work and one more year. Build your own retirement plan.
15th of September 2026
Made Redundant in Your Fifties – Could This Be Your Route Into Retirement
Made redundant in your fifties? Work out whether you need another full-time job, could work less or may be able to retire, using practical examples.
8th of September 2026
Should I Sell My Buy-to-Let Before Retirement?
Keep your buy-to-let, sell and invest, or do a bit of both? Compare net rent, sale costs, tax and the retirement trade-offs.
27th of August 2026
Healthy Life Expectancy and Retirement: How Many Good Years?
Your money has a timeline. So does your health. See how retirement timing changes your active years before waiting becomes the default.
16th of August 2026
The One More Year Trap
What does one more year of work actually buy? Compare the extra pension, avoided withdrawals and lost time before delaying retirement again.
15th of August 2026
Can an NHS Nurse Retire at 55?
A practical look at stopping full-time NHS work at 55, using pension sections, early-retirement factors and bridge savings.
5th of May 2026
Investing a Lump Sum: Should You Invest All at Once or Drip Feed It?
Compare investing everything immediately with drip feeding over time, and when a hybrid approach may suit you better.