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Breadwinner Series : If I could turn back the clock…
By Lady, you can be free  •  January 18, 2015
Having to take over the “Bringing the Bacon Home” responsibility since graduation has never been easy for me. Although I have always been earning my own pocket money (teaching piano, tuition, part time jobs) since young, I didn’t have a clue how much I really need to bring in to feed a family of four when I first started. I remembered juggling between 3 jobs after graduation (full time job, teaching piano/tuition, weekend job). My friends were always complaining that I had no time to join them for social gatherings and that I am too obsessed with earning money. My family never had the habit of talking about money openly. It didn’t occurred to me to really sit down with my mum and asked her to list down the expenses needed for the family. As I was only a daughter, I didn’t want to make my parents feel that I ......
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By Lady, you can be free
I’m a single lady who aspires to achieve financial freedom. I graduated from university with a salary of only SGD 2,200 per month and started this financial freedom project in 2005 when my career came to a transition. Being the sole breadwinner for a family of 4, I needed desperately to figure out how long I can survive without a job with my pathetic savings. While sorting out my finances, I came across my Central Depository statements and realized that passive incomes can be generated through dividends ...
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