About Me

Hi, I’m Andy 👋

For more than 30 years I’ve worked in technology, specialising in software engineering and helping organisations solve complex problems through technology, data and innovation.

I’ve always enjoyed building things whether that’s software, systems, tools or communities. Solving problems has been a constant throughout my career.

As retirement moved from being “something for the future” to becoming a real consideration, I found myself asking a different set of questions.

• What do I want my retirement to look like?
• How much will I need?
• How do I stay healthy, active and purposeful?
• What experiences do I want to have?
• How do I intentionally design the next 20–30 years of my life instead of simply drifting into them?

The more I searched for answers, the more I realised something was missing.

Most retirement resources focus almost entirely on money.

Money matters but retirement is about much more than a pension pot.

It’s about building a life you genuinely want to wake up to every day.

I wanted practical tools that looked beyond finances and helped me think about health, purpose, experiences, lifelong learning and creating new opportunities.

When I couldn’t find what I was looking for, I decided to do what I’ve always done.

GoodLifeBetter began as a personal project.

Not because I had all the answers but because I wanted to find better ones.

I’m building practical tools, testing ideas, researching new approaches and creating systems that help me plan my own future.

Along the way I’ll openly share what I’m learning.

• The successes.
• The mistakes.
• The lessons.

And the practical ideas that genuinely make a difference.

Some of the tools will always be free.

Others may carry a small charge to support the time and effort involved in creating and improving them.

Built in Public. Shared in Real Life.

GoodLifeBetter isn’t about looking back after retirement and telling people what they should have done.

Everything I share is part of my own journey towards building a life worth retiring into.

My hope is that by sharing that journey openly, it helps make yours a little clearer too.

Whether you’re approaching retirement, ten years away, or just beginning to think about your future, it’s never too early, or,  too late to start planning intentionally.

Because the earlier we start, the more choices we create.

And ultimately, that’s what GoodLifeBetter is all about:

Helping all of us build a better future one practical step at a time.