Amanda Lewin:
Thanks for your reply Zoomup, as a consultant I do a lot of survey work and site inspections, and have a similar issue with reading MCB's etc. I can just about read them, but there are often situations I don't really want my face that close to the installation! I photograph and then zoom in on my camera screen to read things, and head torches are the best thing since sliced bread :) I'm good at adapting but like you say there will reach a point where its a safety issue, and I worry about missing that point if I end up with a slow deteriation. I'm hoping that I can still have worth as an M&E consultant without being able to visit site in the future, as retiring at 50 is probably not going to be an option!
There are always options Amanda. As Darwin said, it is the animals that can adapt to change that can survive, not necessarily the fastest or strongest. An income can be made by investing in good shares or funds. This is much better than saving money at less than one per cent interest. A stocks and shares ISA is a good start. A very respected broker is Hargreaves Lansdown. But it is possible to lose money on investing as well as making it. So, we are told not to invest more that we can afford to lose. Stocks and shares ISAs have tax advantages. The investment should be timed at a period of at least 5 years or longer.
Nowadays I undertake less glamorous work, mainly domestic, and some holiday park maintenance and installations work. I can make more money doing several smallish jobs per week that one or two large jobs.
So we must just plod along doing our best and adapting as required.
Be happy,
Z.
Amanda Lewin:
Thanks for your reply Zoomup, as a consultant I do a lot of survey work and site inspections, and have a similar issue with reading MCB's etc. I can just about read them, but there are often situations I don't really want my face that close to the installation! I photograph and then zoom in on my camera screen to read things, and head torches are the best thing since sliced bread :) I'm good at adapting but like you say there will reach a point where its a safety issue, and I worry about missing that point if I end up with a slow deteriation. I'm hoping that I can still have worth as an M&E consultant without being able to visit site in the future, as retiring at 50 is probably not going to be an option!
There are always options Amanda. As Darwin said, it is the animals that can adapt to change that can survive, not necessarily the fastest or strongest. An income can be made by investing in good shares or funds. This is much better than saving money at less than one per cent interest. A stocks and shares ISA is a good start. A very respected broker is Hargreaves Lansdown. But it is possible to lose money on investing as well as making it. So, we are told not to invest more that we can afford to lose. Stocks and shares ISAs have tax advantages. The investment should be timed at a period of at least 5 years or longer.
Nowadays I undertake less glamorous work, mainly domestic, and some holiday park maintenance and installations work. I can make more money doing several smallish jobs per week that one or two large jobs.
So we must just plod along doing our best and adapting as required.
Be happy,
Z.
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