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I Left My Job at 45 Without Another One Lined Up. Here’s What Nobody Tells You.
I spent years preparing financially to leave my job. But I wasn’t quite prepared for how different everyday life would feel without one. At 45, I left my job without another one lined up. No new employer waiting. No start date for my next role. And, for the first time in years, no regular paycheck…
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I Left My Job at 45. Now I’m Trying to Live Off My Investment Portfolio.
No more monthly paycheck. A portfolio worth less than USD 500,000. And an ambitious goal of generating USD 10,000 a month in investment income. Here’s where I’m starting. For most of my adult life, I never really had to wonder where my next paycheck was coming from. Every month, money would arrive in my bank…
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A Little Blog Update: New Hosting, Missing Images, and a Fresh Start
If you’ve been browsing through some of my older blog posts recently, you might have noticed something strange. Most of the images are missing. No, it’s not your browser. And no, I didn’t intentionally remove them. I recently decided to migrate my blog to a new hosting provider, hoping for a smoother experience and a…
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The days are long but the years are short
I used to not understand what this means. But as i grew older, I realized that is so real. With a blink of an eye it’s August. The last time I blogged, I was still searching for jobs, anxious about starting my new job in Jan. Honestly, I don’t know where all the time has…
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My Job Hunting Journey
Background In July, I got the news that my role at my current company would be made redundant by the end of the year. I’ve been here for 10 years—yes, that long! So it’s safe to say, I haven’t been in the interview game for quite a while. I suppose I’m “lucky” in a way,…
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I will be laid off
Our department in Singapore received an email yesterday saying that there is an important meeting today that we all have to attend. Low and behold, our department will be relocated from Singapore to other countries, which means all of our roles are impacted. I started building an income portfolio to prepare for this day when…
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Life’s bitch and then you die
I do realised that my blog is called Suz’s money life. But I seldom write posts about life. So here goes. ‘Life’s bitch and then you die’ sounds like a bleak perspective that life is nothing but suffering, with the only escape being death. But no, that’s not what my life is about. When I…