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Well, Peter started to look slightly older this year. My pandemic hair that is wild like Tom Hanks’ hair in Castaway has revealed a few tiny grey hairs. I have also developed a small crows feet on one eye — probably due to stress. When working out the ‘starting amount’ for your State Pension, a deduction will be made from both calculations if you were in a ‘contracted out’ personal or workplace pension scheme – for example, if you were a member of a public sector pension. By having the right approach to money — attitude, diversification, risk tolerance, investing over saving — you can do work that is not about how much you will get paid. This year money has shown me that its usefulness lies in how it can be a soft pillow in uncertain times. When you have enough money, you can take time out to think and assess the state of the world. When one of these life events happens to you, you get wiped out. And often that is when you start again. By starting again, you destroy the myth of linear progress and that is the whole point. Starting again helps you learn from your mistakes so that your progress will look different next time. There are days you will feel lazy

Pleasure is activism. Especially if you are marginalized, joy is the antidote to hate. In the midst of the many societal and individual battles we face, cultivating big and small joys on a regular basis is imperative for your well-being and for resisting the dominant forces who don’t want you to experience or have joy because they ultimately have none themselves. Lean into and curate your physical, mental, and emotional pleasure, you’re changing the status quo when you do. Fear can’t be the main motivator in a well lived life. Fear is a useful emotion in helping us avoid certain risks and pain, but if it’s your main lens for making decisions, it can be suffocating. We’re taught all these “shoulds,' and adopt a fear based view of the world, worried about every decision and action we make. Using fear as your main decision making tool is like trying to run a marathon while wrapped in a California king size comforter blanket with no shoes. Dig deeper to discover what your true values are outside of fear, is it creativity? Community? Connection? Use those values to organize your day to day life and you’ll feel a deeper sense of purpose, contentment, and alignment. As a twenty-year-old, I used to drink a round of Agwa shots every year to celebrate my birthday. I would always end the cheers with “I don’t age because I’m Peter Pan.” You'll automatically receive Carer's Credit if you receive Carer's Allowance. But if you aren't eligible for Carer's Allowance, you could still get Carer's Credit. How much extra you get will depend on how long you defer claiming it. The State Pension increases by 1% for every 9 weeks you put off claiming it, or around 5.8% for each full year. This may not apply to you if you get certain benefits.A: We do not have a traditional gift for a 34th wedding anniversary – the modern gift for this year’s celebration is opal. Don’t start a debate with anybody right before bed. Being tired makes you come up with terrible answers to problems. Creativity is a birthright. You do not need to be Jay Z or Picasso to create. You’re born with the ability to create unconventional connections between things and ideas. The more you do this, the more you can enter a flow state and gain all the benefits of a creative mind and life, whether you consider yourself an artist or not.

In part, this can be explained by official changes to the age at which you are expected to stay on in education – in 2015, this changed to 18 for students in England. However, the main explanation is the big increase in the number of people choosing to remain in education beyond age 18. Around a third of 18-year-olds now go to university (PDF, 1.4MB), compared with a quarter in 2006.

So, your State Pension amount will be the higher starting amount figure plus the value of any qualifying years you had from 6 April 2016 onwards, up to the full rate of the new State Pension. This is always a great way to share your special day with family and friends… invite them to a fun-filled party at home or a more formal celebration in a local restaurant.

the amount you would have received under the pre-2016 system, including basic and additional pension the amount you would get if the new State Pension had been in place at the start of your working life. If you haven't received an invitation letter with 2 months to go, call the Pension Service on 0800 731 7898. Men are far more likely to be staying with their mum and dad into their 30s. The ONS said 32% of all males aged 20-34 are now living with their parents, compared with 26% in 1999, with most of the increase occurring since the financial crisis in 2007-08. If you reach State Pension age after 6 April 2016, you might be able to use the time you worked abroad to make up some of the qualifying years that you need to get the new State Pension. But this depends on the country you lived in.

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One in five women (21%) aged 20-34 live with their parents, although this is also a substantial increase from the 14% level of two decades ago. You’re not missing out on life when you fall into a lazy slump; you’re recovering and witnessing all that has passed. Pay attention to how you feel Mindfulness is an underrated tool. It’s easy to ruminate on the past and mentally trip and worry about the future. The only moment you truly have is the present. The more you can be fully present in your body and in the moment the happier you’ll be. The State Pension is based on your own contributions and in general you'll not be able to claim on your spouse or civil partner’s contributions at retirement, or if you're widowed or divorced. However, if you're widowed, you may be able to inherit part of your partner’s Additional State Pension that was already built up under the pre-2016 rules. When you feel stressed or uncertain because of the current state of the world, doing nothing for a while is an excellent coping mechanism. Otherwise, you can end up reacting too abruptly out of fear. Even Peter Pan ages