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I’m 38, earn £68k, and took a huge pay cut ditching the City to live in Finland

I’m 38, earn £68k, and took a huge pay cut ditching the City to live in Finland

Business
Robert Johnson

To take part in How I Spend It, please email [email protected]. All our subjects are genuine but anonymous.  I grew up with ...

‘Can I afford an extortionate house after putting my three boys through private school?’

‘Can I afford an extortionate house after putting my three boys through private school?’

Business
Robert Johnson

The plan to purchase additional properties should not be the priority as Daniel would likely need to take out more debt to ...

What it’s like to survive sepsis

What it’s like to survive sepsis

Health
Sarah Carter

Because of those painkillers, I thought I was well enough to go for the second audition a few days later. I dragged ...

How to survive heartbreak

How to survive heartbreak

Health
Sarah Carter

March 2020 will most likely be etched deep for all of us. It was, of course, the month that the UK went ...

‘My husband left me after we adopted a child. This is how I survived’

‘My husband left me after we adopted a child. This is how I survived’

Health
Sarah Carter

It takes time to build resilience but it’s possible for everyone Resilience, I discovered, is not a trait reserved for the privileged ...

The truth about life on a locked eating disorder ward

The truth about life on a locked eating disorder ward

Health
Sarah Carter

As for the staff, they were often too harried to help us, instead enforcing order by rules that seemed to forever change, ...

‘I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 29, like Michael J Fox’

‘I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 29, like Michael J Fox’

Health
Sarah Carter

I also have to deal with something called dystonia, where my feet turn into fists while I’m trying to walk, or my ...

I coughed 600 times a day for 15 years

I coughed 600 times a day for 15 years

Health
Sarah Carter

Sometimes my ribs and stomach muscles would ache because I’d just coughed so much, although over time that didn’t happen quite so ...

Transform every walk you do into a workout

Transform every walk you do into a workout

Health
Sarah Carter

What should you eat and drink if you’re walking for exercise? “Aim to drink two litres over the course of the day ...

‘When our six-year-old son died of cancer, there was no support whatsoever’

‘When our six-year-old son died of cancer, there was no support whatsoever’

Health
Sarah Carter

Hugh made it to his sixth birthday on August 30. But he couldn’t stomach his cake, and two weeks later, on the ...