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So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« on: December 25, 2018, 04:28:17 PM »
OK you read the post title  , whats the plan .   ???   
               Go on dream a bit bigger  , frighten yourself a bit , step out there  . m
                   OK  lm looking at traveling in the cooler months & sitting in the warmer months  .
Anybody can do it  , As Moe said  " The longest journey starts with the 1st step  "  So whats the plan  ,   ???your not here for ever make it count  .
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2018, 04:48:39 PM »
I just want get through this week.
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2018, 05:05:06 PM »
Visit the 2 corners i didnt get to see on the simo trip a coupler months ago.

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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2018, 05:16:02 PM »
Pick up the new van early mid year, and spend rest of year working my ring out to try and pay for it...only about 25 more years of work and I might be able to retire
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2018, 05:28:17 PM »
Got offered a new job last Friday, will start early February.

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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2018, 05:57:37 PM »
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2018, 06:05:57 PM »
For me it is a repeat of 2018 ,  Work for me only next year l hope it decides to rain a bit more often and getting child #3 through year 12 ???  (just spent the last 12 months getting child #2 through yr 12)

 beyond that hoping to fit in No.3 tassie trip with the kids before starting on the final child going through yrs 11 and 12.......Then i'm free of school ties :cup:
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2018, 06:13:21 PM »
Got offered a new job last Friday, will start early February.
Awesome  :cup:
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #8 on: December 25, 2018, 06:17:19 PM »
Get out there grasp the chicken , ring every ounce of goodness out of it .
Live the dream or plan how to live the dream ,      DREAM   BIG   .    You can do it     :-*
                                                   :cup: :cheers:     so do it     :cheers:
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2018, 07:12:21 PM »
I'm going back to school. I was told when I was young I'd be a loser if I didn't go to university, so I did. Now all my mates who did trades are living the dream and raking in the money and I have a bachelor's and master's in computer science that's not worth a pinch of Shit around here and I'm too old to get an apprenticeship so I'm doing a civil eng degree, so that at least when I'm bitching about the job market I can say I have 2 bachelor's and a master's and I still can't get a decent job.

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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2018, 07:21:09 PM »
I'd like to say that we will be doing more then we did this year but really can't see much changing next year from this year
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #11 on: December 25, 2018, 07:34:58 PM »
Awesome  :cup:
Thanks Hairs. I’m looking forward to it. I will be spending around a week each month in NZ and Tassie - hopefully that means I’ll get a chance to try out fly fishing.

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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2018, 07:53:39 PM »
Thanks Hairs. I’m looking forward to it. I will be spending around a week each month in NZ and Tassie - hopefully that means I’ll get a chance to try out fly fishing.
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #13 on: December 25, 2018, 07:57:16 PM »
I'd like to say that we will be doing more then we did this year but really can't see much changing next year from this year
I'm hearin ya Al.
Nose to the grind stone, we do what we can.
Hey mate, we are heading to The Gorge Australia Day weekend,
You & Jan are more than welcome to join us.
It's a Grafton 4wd club run.
Pm me for more info.
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #14 on: December 25, 2018, 08:50:34 PM »
Hopefully the wife's health will continue to improve, big family reunion in Bendigo in March, wife to have knee replacement ( fingers crossed) and then start some travels, extended trips. Bit like Speewa, travel the cooler months and sit out the summer.
Now for the stars to align.
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #15 on: December 25, 2018, 09:16:20 PM »
We are going to finish our remote work we have done for 4 years here at Bidyadanga and semi retire at the end of 2019. Take all my super out, buy a new van and car, deck the car out for what we need , work for 6 to 8 months a year in a different field ( not sure what yet, but will find something ) and travel for 4 months.

Life is too short. Time to slow down and smell the Rose's as they say

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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #16 on: December 25, 2018, 10:38:47 PM »
We have one firm plan in place...go to the 2019 Myswag.org National Meet!  If you don't already know about it...find out HERE!
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #17 on: December 25, 2018, 10:41:09 PM »


We are going to finish our remote work we have done for 4 years here at Bidyadanga and semi retire at the end of 2019. Take all my super out, buy a new van and car, deck the car out for what we need , work for 6 to 8 months a year in a different field ( not sure what yet, but will find something ) and travel for 4 months.

Life is too short. Time to slow down and smell the Rose's as they say

Mark

Breaking the mould this world locks us into. I've tried to keep things simple and get out and do as much as we can. Been watching and reading your travels Mark. I only hope in 5 years time I have your courage and do something similar.
Wishing you and Penny the best. Keep posting please, you keep many of our dreams alive.

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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #18 on: December 26, 2018, 01:20:12 AM »

Breaking the mould this world locks us into. I've tried to keep things simple and get out and do as much as we can. Been watching and reading your travels Mark. I only hope in 5 years time I have your courage and do something similar.
Wishing you and Penny the best. Keep posting please, you keep many of our dreams alive.

Cheers Glen

Thanks Glen, we are all different with various goals in life. Personally, I would rather sit in an old persons home with 10,000,000 incredible memories rather than having 10,000,000 regrets by not doing a lot of things and then it’s too late. The way we do things is not for everyones cup of tea  ;D but I must say it’s great to see a lot of people slowly taking the plunge and breaking the mould.

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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #19 on: December 26, 2018, 06:31:00 AM »
I wont be breaking any moulds :(

Work, finish building new house and get it to a place where the yard is useable.......... that'll be 2019 in a nutshell.

Bigger picture besides wanting family to be healthy and happy of course is to keep matching employer super with my own salary sacrifice, create as much wealth as possible for retirement and to buy another property near the beach to either downsize and retire or have as a holiday home. Build a small caravan/hybrid camper.

I only have 15 years to get it done  ???
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #20 on: December 26, 2018, 06:46:06 AM »
l want to go fishing on the beach & catch fish then eat them   . Not to sure which beach so l might try them all . Think big & frighten yourself  .             :cup: :cheers:
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #21 on: December 26, 2018, 07:14:42 AM »
After a health scare this year, have changed my attitude to life.
Am going to sell up in Melbourne and move to our country house.
Buy a new Oiler and TVan.
Make 2019 the last winter I spend in Vic, until old and decrepit.
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #22 on: December 26, 2018, 07:24:43 AM »
December 2018 should have finally seen the end of middle age redundancy & work exile, (not that I ever found the time to sit around the house and do nothing).

Have started a new part time gig with an IT services company based in Essendon that I will utilise to open the door to several other part time IT gigs for the next few years till I have my retirement funds.

It’s ok for those of you that have utilised my ‘other services’ I intend to keep them going as they form part of a retirement & travel plan.
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #23 on: December 26, 2018, 07:32:23 AM »
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Re: So whats the plan for 2019 & beyond
« Reply #24 on: December 26, 2018, 07:52:34 AM »
Wife is booked in to have both knees done. 
Time to sell our 2015 Bushtracker, originally a 3 year plan so the sad time has come. Bloody good van, we had fun in it and did all we wanted to do.  :'(
Use our camper for some short trips. (Last year we took back our camper trailer from the kids as it appears they prefer a unit on the coast. It was worth a try, wanted them to use it and get their kids out and about and experience this brilliant country.)
Trip to America and Canada towards the end of the year.
And the number one thing, MAKE IT TO THE NEXT NEW YEAR!  ;D

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