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Its almost Christmas again, and with the ensuing busyness we might forget to properly wind down.

For years I was guilty of not taking proper holidays. Id always figured that with the business closing for about 2 weeks over Christmas and New Year, then 6 other public holidays during the year, that was enough.

I'm an avid Crossfitter, the intensive functional fitness regime (www.crossfitshoalhaven.com).

Some would say obsessive.

But a big part of what CrossFit is about is Community, and on the weekend while competing at Survival of the Fittest 3 in Nowra I really saw that at work.

We should all keep life simple. The old KISS principle (Keep It Simple, Silly) doesn't seem to get much of a run any more.

I came across a great list for exactly this.

Lately theres been a fair bit of stress in my life; enough to potentially drag me down and bury me underneath it.

But its not been of my doing, and this morning listening to a podcast by Barbell Shrugged (who's have thought, huh??) on diet and nutrition, I realised why Ive been able to work through it.

Many a business owner thinks they cant take a holiday.  Research shows this to be up to 30%.

But if employees can take holidays (with the leave loading) why do owners not think they can?

We've all got desire in our lives.  Desire to own something, to eat a food, to go on holidays, or be with that one you've fallen for.

I think desire to achieve a result is more important, and probably covers all the above anyway. What do I mean?

A shortfall in this gap can have a significant impact on your retirement plans, forcing a re-think on your desired standard of living in retirement. Not ideal. Or worse - it may mean you cant afford to sell!!

Life is good, right?...You feel on top of the world, family are all well and business is kicking goals.

But then you get seriously ill or have a major accident. Or worse still, you die.  Whats this mean for your family?

Some good opinion on buying property, originally appeared in SMH on August 15, 2012.

House prices may be treading water, but a good investment can still be found if the focus is on yield with realistic views on the prospect of price growth.

People who know me know I enjoy my running.  Long distance running at that.  10km runs are like a casual stroll, and half marathons are when it starts to get serious.  

City 2 Surf is a nice 14km hit out.  And I've just started my program to tackle Canberra Marathon (again) in early April 2012.

What age is retirement age?

It seems that the answer for most people is the age that they can get the government aged pension, which stands at 65.