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Finance > Property Things to consider when buying a retirement property When it becomes time to downsize and look at your options for a retirement property, there are a few points you should consider to help with your search to find your perfect new home. Read more	0	26th May 2018 Amy Smith Brown
Finance How to Make a Career Change After 50 Reaching your 50's can often affect you more than you realise. It is a time of life where you realise that you are now heading for retirement, so if you have been stuck following the same career path for quite a few years, you can suddenly start looking at a career change. Read more	0	26th May 2018 Amy Smith Brown
Finance Find a job that’s fun and fulfilling — 5 careers for sociable seniors When you’re mulling over a mid-life career change, you might realise that your post-50 job choice factors differ greatly to those that influenced you after school or university. Read more	0	25th May 2018 Amy Smith Brown
Travel > Europe How to spend a lot more time in sunny Europe I bet you’ve spent a huge amount of time in Europe over the years. It’s got to the point where you’re sick and tired of Britain. Maybe you can’t move abroad due to work commitments, but you can still visit the continent on a more regular basis. Read more	0	25th May 2018 Milton Grimes
Home & Lifestyle > Home Improvements Usage of Roof Windows at Home A roof window is usually incorporated into the roof’s design during construction and faces upward. It is also possible to alter the roof’s design and add a roof window long after the construction of the house. Read more	0	24th May 2018 Lisa Joli
Home & Lifestyle > Relationships 6 Tips How to Save a Marriage If You Have Lost Bonds between Each Other Having a long-term relationship has a lot of benefits. Research indicates that happy couples who have been together for many years have better health and general well-being compared to their single or divorced counterparts. However, being married is not all smooth sailing. Read more	0	24th May 2018 Lana Wall
Finance 5 ways travelling can benefit your mental health Not only is travelling a great way to experience new places and cultures, but getting outside of our comfort zones and exploring the world is also extremely beneficial for our mental wellbeing as well. Read more	0	24th May 2018 Morgan Franklin
Home & Lifestyle > Relationships Three Essential Communication Skills We Should All Learn Although we all interact with other people on a daily basis, few of us understand how to improve or effectively utilise communication skills. In this post we look at three of the most important Read more	5	23rd May 2018 John Bell
Travel How to Prepare for a European Campervan Tour When you’ve got a long summer ahead of you Read more	1	18th May 2018 Tom Clark
Finance 6 Daily Tips to Become More Productive at Work Being more productive at work is not a rocket science technology. One should have to just manage things and respective time allocate for it. Below are some of tips that help an individual to increase the productivity on daily basis. Read more	1	15th May 2018 Anna Gamez
Finance > Money Saving Tips Computer screens Always cheaper but quality is there? LCD monitors are now offered at reasonable prices in 19, 20, 22 inches diagonally or more. However, the quality is not always optimal. The criteria put forward by the manufacturers are not necessarily the ones to pay the most attention to when making their choice. Read more	1	14th May 2018 Andrea Hankins
Finance > Property Best Housing Schemes for Investment in Lahore, Pakistan Best Housing Schemes for Investment in Lahore, Pakistan Read more	0	11th May 2018 Andrea Hankins
Travel How to fly with ease when you have limited mobility Mobility issues are commonplace in airports. And when you reach a more advance age, they can ruin your entire holiday. Read more	0	11th May 2018 Amy Smith Brown
What's on The Best Television Shows of the 1980's I have to admit there is a personal penchant for writing this article. I don't think I appreciated 80's programming enough when I was younger. It always seemed silly and stupid, and to some degree it is. Read more	0	9th May 2018 Elena Willson
Health > General Health Sleeping And Aging - Things They Have In Common As we get older, our sleeping patterns are going to change. Read more	0	8th May 2018 Rono Bens
Health Tips for Healthy Living In Old Age No matter what your age, you can redesign how you're living and embrace a healthier lifestyle. Read more	0	6th May 2018 Rono Bens
Home & Lifestyle Cotton bed sheets are preferred for more comfort Sleep is the most important for a good health and better life. Read more	0	5th May 2018 Tom Clark
Home & Lifestyle Cotton bed sheets are preferred for more comfort Sleep is the most important for a good health and better life. Read more	0	5th May 2018 Tom Clark
Finance > News & Views How Retirees Spend Their Newfound Free Time Did you retire just recently? Good, now you can finally take a break. But now that you have so much free time at your disposal, what should you do? Surely, you did not like to go to work each day, but at least it kept you occupied. Read more	0	4th May 2018 Walter Moore
Health How to be eco-friendly on vacation Travelling to new destinations and exploring different food, culture and lifestyles is one of life’s great joys. For those of us who like to get away on a regular basis, however, the impact our vacation time can have on the environment is pretty big. Read more	0	4th May 2018 Morgan Franklin
Finance > News & Views Better Sleep For The Elderly Lack of sleep can have many adverse effects on your health, productivity, and general well-being Read more	0	2nd May 2018 Rono Bens
Finance > News & Views Protecting Your Children from Cyber Risks The World Wide Web is so vast that vulnerable children who have access to the internet may face certain risks Read more	0	2nd May 2018 Rono Bens
Health > Women's Health 5 tips for maintaining glowing skin when you’re over 50 Thanks to unhealthy diets, smoking, drinking and environmental factors, the 50-year olds of yesteryear often looked at least a couple of decades older. Read more	0	1st May 2018 Amy Smith Brown
Home & Lifestyle > Gardening Creating Your Spring Garden Checklist Now that the cold winter months are behind us Read more	0	30th Apr 2018 Tom Clark
Finance Simple Ways To Stop Wasting Money As we move towards retirement, saving money or cutting down on expenses becomes far more important, particularly if we're looking to increase how much we're putting into our savings funds. In this post, we look at where UK households are spending - and wasting - money, and how you can make simple changes to cut down on your outgoings. Read more	0	30th Apr 2018 John Bell
Finance > Property Top Six Tips for When Considering Retirement Properties Once you start to approach your retirement age, you may start to look at buying a new property so you can see out your twilight years in comfort and security. You may consider moving closer to family and grandchildren so it will be easier to spend more time with them, or you may simply want to move away from the hustle and bustle of city life for somewhere more quiet. Read more	0	29th Apr 2018 Amy Smith Brown
Finance 5 Best Careers for Skillful Writers You have a passion for writing and you are determined to pursue a career with your love for writing. In yesteryears there were limited careers which writers could pursue as a full time career. Now with the advancement of technology new borders and horizons have opened up for writers of all different types of genres. Each genre has its own rewards and significance when chosen as a career. Read more	0	28th Apr 2018 Amelia Warner
Home & Lifestyle > Home Improvements Sitting is Important – Pick the Right Chairs If you’re anything like the average modern human being, you probably spend a large amount of your time sitting.... Read more	0	26th Apr 2018 Tom Clark
Home & Lifestyle > Home Improvements 5 Ways to Make Your Home Look More Elegant Without Breaking the Bank How to make your home more elegant without spending a lot of money Read more	0	25th Apr 2018 Elena Willson
Home & Lifestyle Nurses Will Differ Depending On Hourly Basis There is a slight difference between caregiver and a nurse. Read more	0	18th Apr 2018 Tom Clark