To ask how you would start a new life?

@Clarabell77 I suppose not. We need to love somewhere, though. I wanted to give people as much freedom as possible.

@CallTheRozzers She’s not in school just now. She’d prefer online school, I’m open to home ed if necessary. We’ll find amenities if we want them. (They haven’t featured largely for us!)

@BGP I think it’s very unlikely she’ll do them. She’s autistic and has struggled massively this year with anemia on top. School are not able to support much and while I can get her through if I have to, the results she could get this year won’t reflect her ability. I don’t think a delay will make a massive difference over her lifetime. She has no friends and specifically asked for anything she does next to be online or where she doesn’t know anyone. It’s her new start more than mine.

@Lovelyview I left it blank so people could could add their daydreams. But I do FEEL very blank. (Which is not like me. I’ve normally got a dozen plans up my sleeve. But everything has been SO MUCH the last few years, I’m just out of zing) This isn’t really as superficial as about moving area, it’s about purpose and direction. I just don’t have any. I‘m not expecting that to come from outside in a complete package. But I need a spark to get me started. I feel like I’m alone and in my own head far too much I hoped fresh perspectives might open up new possibilities. (When I was nine I wanted to win Kickstart. DD wanted to teach the dog to talk and build a space rocket in the garden. I wonder what AI would make of that?! Made me smile anyway)

I’ve renovated houses before, and I’d happily do it again. It is quite solitary and I wonder if that isn’t helping me. And then what, when it’s done? I expect to live off the £25k, but it won’t fund a project, and nowadays I would need to supplement it for luxuries or holidays. I’d vaguely thought of retraining, or starting a small business, but what in just seems like Yet. Another. Overwhelming. Decision. I’m not passionate about anything you could legally charge money for and I’m not good at anything anyway, legal or not!)