Welcome to Living The Retirement Lifestyle the blog where we share our thoughts on living what we call a hybrid retirement lifestyle – to work a little, live a lot and leave a legacy

We’re currently travelling for 30 days during August before moving into our new home in Spain. It all started in New York for a Leadership Conference for our health and wellness business and continuing for 10 days here in Malta before we catch up with our kids and grand-kids in the UK

A BIT ABOUT MALTA

Malta, and especially Valletta is steeped in history

Valletta, the capital of Malta, was founded in 1566 by the Order of St. John (Knights of Malta) led by Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette. It was built as a fortified stronghold on the Sciberras Peninsula following the famous Great Siege of Malta in 1565 to protect the island from future Ottoman invasions

If you want to dig deep you can read more here

Our roots remind us that Valletta was the much loved home of the late Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip before she found herself next in line to the throne

We can see why she loved it so much and in 10 days we can’t even begin to capture it all but we’ll do our best by sharing our social media posts

DAY 1 MALTA DIARIES

After a delay of a day due to the eruption of Mount Etna we finally arrived late this evening

Just checked into our hotel which is beautiful

Now we’re enjoying Valletta street life and glass of bubbles before bed

This is what living a hybrid retirement lifestyle is all about

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DAY 2 MALTA DIARIES

Malta Diaries Day 2

Finding our way round this historic city of Valletta

Mediterranean breakfast

Then find a tourist office and book some adventures

Life is too short to hang around…

Coincidentally ended up at Marks & Spencer for some ladies essentials (aka clothes for those uninitiated )

Love the ‘happy hour’ sign behind me in the photo

Mr B not so happy but happy wife = happy life

Or so they say…

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DAY 3 MALTA DIARIES

Malta Diaries Day 3

Thinking this morning about how lucky we are to be living our bliss

How it could so easily have been very different had we not said YES to an opportunity all those years ago

Finding a passion for teaching and training

Something that’s supported us throughout our online career

And will continue to do so

Coincidentally in this morning’s James Clear 3-2-1

Love getting these

Professor and writer Joseph Campbell (The Hero’s Story & Power of Myth) says on following your passion :

“𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒, 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢”

So we’ll keep following our bliss and living our best life while helping others do the same

Living life by example

Because your second chapter should be your best

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DAY 4 MALTA DIARIES

Malta Diaries Day 4

Exploring the city via the ‘trackless train’ because it’s way too hot to cover Such a large area on foot

Learning about Valletta’s long history

Next up on our things to see and do

St John’s Cathedral the home of the extraordinary Caravaggio masterpieces and priceless artifacts

Kayaking in Gozo (Mr B’s plan)

Meanwhile today is a public holiday as Valletta celebrates the Feast of the Assumption (Santa Marija) culminating in firework displays

We’ll have a chill day and watch from a nice location on the rooftop sun deck…

Sipping a cocktail

“𝑊𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑢𝑠”

Back tomorrow

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DAY 5 MALTA DIARIES

Malta Diaries Day 5

We had a chill day reading on the rooftop of our hotel

Had a leisurely lunch

Then set out for a sunset trip to the 3 Cities (Sliema) on one of the famous gondolas

Had cocktails watching the light fade before returning to our side of the harbour

I was reading the other day that research shows that travel boosts our creativity, health, happiness and mental wellness

Can’t disagree with that

A hybrid retirement lifestyle where we work a little to live a lot fits perfectly we reckon

Thinking about your later life in retirement do you wish you could travel more?

If yes, where would you love to go?

And if you need a little reminder

The lyrics from one of our favourite pieces of music

𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺

𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦

𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬, 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦

𝘐𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭

𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘐𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺

𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦

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And while you wait for Day 6 we recorded a video talking about why it’s important to not just prepare financially for retirement

How important it is to add LIFE into those years

And there’s a rather remarkable 103 year old who helped remind us why

Have a watch and we’d love to know what you think

If you’d like a complimentary copy of our Hybrid Retirement Blueprint explaining the principles we use to create our own next chapter you can get a copy here : HybridRetirementBlueprint

Back soon….