Hi there Pete Matthew here hope you're okay just wanted to add a little note at the beginning of this episode to let you know that I will be taking a couple of weeks off from the podcast on doctor's orders. I've just been battling fatigue and general exhaustion which we've

been sort of doing tests and stuff. There's nothing physically wrong but clearly I

just need to take a bit of a breather.

So we'll be taking probably two weeks out

and we'll be carrying on with season 17

in early July.

But just wanted to say thank you for your support.

Thank you for all the kind messages on Facebook.

I put a post about it in the Facebook community.

So, you know, thank you for your support and all your kind words there and in general,

you guys make it very easy to keep going but now I just need to take a

breeder so that I can be back fighting fit in a couple of weeks time okay

thanks so much enjoy this episode this is episode number 7 in season 17.

Hi folks and welcome to the Meaningful Money Podcast.

This is season 17 dedicated to helping you put your finances in order.

My name is Pete Matthew and I'm going to share with you everything you need to do to secure your financial future.

I'm here to help you with me. Thank you so much for joining me.

Now we're talking about retirement planning okay and

eventually life in retirement generally settles into a nice rhythm. There's a

whole load of generalizations here okay but most folks get to a point where they've got

everything that they need, you know, they're taking the big holidays, bought the

camper van or whatever that they promised themselves that they wanted to do, and they

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