40+ BLOG

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Taking charge of the mid-life change at 40+
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Taking charge of the mid-life change To progress, we have to change. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything“, George Bernard Shaw once said. Change is not always inevitable, not when it is an internal change that is the catalyst for an outward course correction. Change is …
Identifying early signs of Mental Health issues with 40+
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Knowing how to spot the early signs of mental health-related issues can help reduce their severity. Mental health issues can include a wide range of different conditions, which include but are not limited to: Eating disorders Depression Schizophrenia Anxiety Addictive behaviours Identifying these can, in some instances, delay or prevent a larger mental health illness …
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Ready Money with 40+
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Most people aren’t as well off as you might think. According to the Money Advice Service, four out of ten adults in the UK have less than £500 saved away to cover an unexpected bill. By slowly building up a cash cushion in your account, you give yourself the ability to prepare for any nasty …
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Saving Money with 40+
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7 easy ways to spend less on nosh Make a meal plan Time to get militant about your meals. Sit down on a Sunday and plan your meals for the coming week, then make a shopping list based on those ingredients. Shopping this way means you only buy what you really need, avoids waste and …
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Unhelpful Thinking with 40+
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Unhelpful Thinking Habits Over the years, we tend to get into unhelpful thinking habits such as those described below. We might favour some over others, and there might be some that seem far too familiar. Once you can identify your unhelpful thinking styles, you can start to notice them – they very often occur justbefore …
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Unhelpful Thinking Solutions with 40+
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Unhelpful Thinking Solutions @ 40+ (This information was sourced from https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk//unhelpful.htm) Over the years, we tend to get into unhelpful thinking habits such as those described below. We might favour some over others, and there might be some that seem far too familiar. Once you can identify your unhelpful thinking styles, you can start to notice …
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Diets at 40+, Are They So Difficult?
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Difficult Diets at 40+ Diets. Do you ever try diets, looking for something ideal and then end up baulking at the sheer complexity of calculations put before you? Does simple become hard work when it comes to cutting calories and dropping pounds? There is a simple solution. The formula is X goes in, Y is what …
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Dress Your Age at 40+
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Dress Your Age …at 40+? NO!!! What does that even mean? Who has the right to tell you to dress your age? You do! It’s a three-way relationship between you, your budget and your mirror. How do you feel about yourself, in what you are wearing? Is someone out there telling you to dress your age …
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Prostate Cancer Awareness at 40+
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Prostate Cancer, are you aware? 1 IN 8 MEN IN THE UK WILL GET PROSTATE CANCER Jacamo is proud to support Prostate Cancer UK who are on a mission to tame prostate cancer within the next 10 years. When it comes to making change happen, money talks. We want to help raise much-needed funds to stop prostate cancer in its tracks. We’ve teamed up with Freddie …
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Improving Your Credit with 40+
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Improving your credit with 40+, Take the stress out of money managing… Improving your credit at 40+ aims to help with improving your credit status, so that next time you’re applying for a loan or bank reference, you don’t have to worry about being turned down. So let’s start with answering a few questions… Are …
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Budget Plan with 40+
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Budget plan at 40+ (please stifle your yawns for 5 minutes…) Budget plan at 40+ may sound boring and, yes it is. It’s almost like hard work, but like most kinds of hard work, it is truly rewarding, I mean literally. Pen, paper, calculator, memories of maths at school…STOP. Put all that aside and let’s …
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Making Money at 40+
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Making Money at 40+, It’s all about turning nothings into somethings, turning trash into cash. Making money at 40+ won’t talk numbers as such, just opportunities. Have a look around yourselves, and see how, either you can be productive, or what you can cash-in. It could be anything from CD’s or DVD’s to furniture, and …
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TALKING MONEY AT 40+
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Talking Money at 40+ does get easier with practice and does become stress-free. Money is a subject you can’t avoid discussing especially when you’re in a relationship. It may be daunting to start with, but hear me out… 1. Lay your cards on the table. When talking money at 40+, If you’re in a committed relationship or are about to get …
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Back to school at 40+
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Back to school at 40+ Have you considered going back to school, college or university, in order to kick-start an entirely new career? Or maybe to retrain to move yourself higher up the ladder where you are already? Have you been out of work for a while, and really want to get back in to work, …
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MOT at 40+
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MOT at 40+ MOT at 40+ means exactly that. Almost as soon as you hit 40 you tend to notice things going downhill. This is not because you’ve hit 40 but because since 30, you probably haven’t really taken it into consideration, and the all the clichés that hit you after that milestone celebration tend …