A not-insignificant part of my week has been taken up discussing the aftermath of loved ones dying. As part of our continual reassessment of the free advice guides we supply at Age UK, we run focus groups with older people to ensure we’re covering the right topics. With information about money there’s little room for leeway, but an emotional topic like bereavement […]
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The dark days of December
Every year – as the lights start to twinkle and music turns to bells and jingles, – my thoughts nearly always begin to head in a darker direction. The rational side of my brain tells me that I have a lot to be thankful for; I have a job I enjoy, I have my health, a family I love and […]
Read moreWhy Millennials, Generation X-ers and Baby Boomers have reached their sell-by date
I stumbled across an article last week, mentioning a term that was new to me, yet simultaneously enraged me: Xennial. Apparently, Xennials are people who straddle the Generation X and Millennial generations – born between 1977 and 1983. The term has been ‘invented’ specifically to accommodate a group of people who don’t feel as if they fit into the X […]
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