Paris would like a word...
Axisential
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I have two kids who are so different in temperament that's it's just not funny. Considering they are only separated by 2 years, one has to assume their upbringings were pretty similar, so that leaves genetics as the primary driver. If you take this to its logical extreme, you would have to find people whose genetic combination is such that no amount of nurture and 'good' upbringing could ever compensate.
So yes, I believe there are some people out there who are just fundamentally at odds with what society would define as a 'good person', from the outset. Horrible thought (Divergent, anyone?!) but they're sort of buggered from the start aren't they...
Cheers, good insight there.
I have super in three different countries from 20 years of living abroad, so working on consolidating that. Beyond that, putting in some extra to KiwiSaver here and simultaneously working to build a self sufficient lifestyle to keep costs down - and us fit with any kind of luck! Very aware that that only works so long as we're fit and well, so much of what we're putting is designed to be as hands off as possible.
So, plan A is working and living off our land as long as we're able, plan B is then hitting the Super, with Plan C being selling the land and downsizing.
Cheers for this, that certainly aligns with other advice (and, if I'm honest, my own thinking, even though I'd love to go down the self hosted route)
I already have a subscription to MS365 (which is used for Word, Excel and OneDrive only) - would that already do what I need, or are there bolt on products to look into?
Will look into support options - we're rural, so there's a ”local" guy we use for hardware issues, but could be good to supplement him with an online expert.
Ooh, I need a decent recipes repository - currently use Keep but it's getting unwieldy. Might have to check that out for home use!
Cheers - I'm already so time-poor that's it's not funny! So yeah, I think cloud is definitely the answer. Will check out Nextcloud again though - haven't played with that in 5 or 6 years
Cheers, that seems in line with my current thinking, great to have that backed up. Will check out Azure
Cheers, no significant scaling in our near (or middle) future, so good advice there!
I try to remember that on the stressful days! But yes, super lucky, and so much better than what I used to do (corporate marketing)
Just finishing up a very nice 4 day break away to the Marlborough Sounds with the fam. My last chance to get away before the silly season starts for us. Good weather, good food, lots of fun and laughter