Nathan's Insights

World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

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  • Health and Wellness: Stage 3 Commences

    After completing both Stage 1 (01 November 2025 to 09 April 2026 i.e. 160 days) and Stage 2 (10 April 2026 to 13 June 2026 i.e 65 days) it is now time to create and commence the final Stage 3 of this one-year plan. The major goal of Stage 1 was getting to a Body…

  • Health and Wellness: Stage 2 Complete

    After 224 days, commencing 1 November 2025, today 13 June 2026, I’ve completed Stage 2 of my Health and Wellness plan having achieved a body mass index reading of 24.9 (considered healthy) so I’m no longer medically consider overweight / fat. I’ve made a significant investment in myself during this time starting with a blood…

  • Health Progress

    One of the major goals of my transition to retirement was to improve my health.  Last week I completed stage 1 of the weight challenge moving my body mass index from 45.1 (obese) to 29.9 (overweight). This represented a 32 kilo loss over 150 days which is way ahead of schedule.  The next goal is…

  • Transition to Retirement

    Transition to Retirement

    With the start of 2026 I’m started thinking about retirement and in particular transiting to retirement over the next 3 years.  I’ll be eligible to take early retirement in January 2029, but my tentative aim is May 2029.  To have a meaningful retirement I feel I need to work out what I want across the…

  • Life’s Next Phase

    Now I’m into my 50s my mind is turning to the next phase of my life and what I want to get out of it especially as I transition to retirement. Education, health, spiritual balance and new travel and cultural experiences are very possible with the right focus, attitude and commitment.