Retirement – The Next Adventure
After a lifetime of working my parents went into retirement, bought a caravan, and turned into Grey Nomads! Last year they escaped the long wet winter we had in Perth to follow the sunshine Northwards, travelling around the ‘Top End’, before coming down past Alice and slowly heading home. They were away for 12 weeks. […]
Stop Procrastinating
Do you need to get more done but find yourself putting things off? Then you may need to stop procrastinating! I’m sure we’ve all done it at some point in our lives. We’re given a task or an assignment and we think – “I’ve got heaps of time, I’ll do it later” and then panicked […]
Don’t downsize your friendships
The time has come, you’ve made one of the biggest decisions of your life and you are moving away from the home you’ve known for some time. Of course it’s not just bricks and mortar you are leaving behind. If you are downsizing there will be decisions to make on what furniture and ornaments you […]
Up a Gumtree
When I started on the journey that has been the evolution and growth of NE Solutions, it was as a sole trader with an office in the theatre room of our rented house and loads of enthusiasm. Being a Business Support/Personal Assistant expert with 20+ years of corporate experience, all I had now was a […]
Bushfire Season
Some like it hot, and some like it not; but many are feeling the heat and humidity to be doing anything constructive, and to top it off its bushfire season too! Although when you think of a season it shouldn’t come with such devastation caused by nature and lightning strikes on very dry vegetation; or […]
Baby Talk
Have you had THAT conversation with your parent(s) yet? You know the one – where you believe their home is too large for them? You think that they would be much better off in smaller more manageable place such a lifestyle village or retirement home. Maybe you only mentioned Aged Care once? How did it […]
Summer Declutter Needs to Go
Summer and the school holidays are a great time to declutter your home and have a thoroughly good clean out. With the numerous gifts from Christmas you may need more room and storage space. So open the doors and windows and not only ‘get rid’ of the excess items in your home, but work off […]
Don’t Follow The Herd When it Comes to Christmas Gifts
What’s the weirdest Christmas Gift you have ever received or given? Whilst doing the annual family Christmas gift list, I wrote the first name down and I was already stuck! What could I give Mom – Socks, Chocolates, Gift card? No, no and no – it had all been done before. I wanted something special and […]
Scam Protection
Have you or someone you know had a call from a scammer recently? Did you know they were a scammer? If not be sure to have some form of Scam Protection knowledge. Unfortunately these type of calls seem to be on the increase lately – and many unsuspecting people are being fooled by there’s a problem […]
Christmas Elves Are Real
Is Christmas coming earlier each year – or does it seem to be just morphing into Halloween? With the ghosts and ghouls who are failing to spook us behind the tinsel and light decorations in the big stores, and Santa Chairs appearing outside the supermarkets. Not only is the piped carols grinding on our nerves […]