Could You Really Start a New Life in Southeast Asia on Your Own?
Many people imagine retiring abroad as something couples do together. But widowhood, divorce or a partner who would rather stay put can pose the question differently: could you really do it on your own? This piece weighs the psychological barriers against the underrated advantages of going solo, and argues for treating a move as a process. A trial stay, not a leap, where exploring the idea is not the same as committing to it.
Read the article →What If the Problem Isn’t Your Pension, But Where It Has to Work?
Most retirement planning treats the size of your pension as the problem to solve, and the country you'll spend it in as fixed. But what if the geography is the part that's actually negotiable? Using a UK benchmark for the cost of a comfortable retirement, this piece sets the like-for-like cost of that same life against three places in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. It's not to chase somewhere cheaper, but to show the real question may be less about the size of your pension than where it has to work.
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