Tweet When I was interviewing for the job that I eventually turned down, I met with the VP of Engineering as my first interview. After he finished asking me a few technical questions and queried me on why I would want to leave my current job after only 2 years, eventually he brought up the [...]
Tweet Normally I start off my quarterly Lending Club investment reports by stating “Every 3 months I write an update on my Lending Club investment, based on my patented LC investment strategy. And now that another quarter has passed, it’s time for an update.” I suppose I can’t quite claim that now, since I sorta kinda [...]
Tweet About a month ago I got a call from a friend and former co-worker of mine. He’d left our company for greener pastures (a new job, same industry). He liked his job and wanted me to join him. He knew I planned to leave my job as soon as my 2-year contract ended. I [...]
Tweet My kids have a board game appropriately titled “The Ladybug Game.” Like most games for kids 3 and up, the concept of the game simply consists of moving across the board from Start to Home. The game consists of picking a card off a stack, and moving forward (or backwards) the number of spaces [...]
Tweet Early retirement. Escaping the soul-crushing 9 to 5. Doing the work you love, when and only when you choose to do it. When it comes to work, these statements were all central to the original theme of Brave New Life when I founded the site a few years ago, and they still are. But [...]
Tweet For some reason, I’ve recently started getting an onslaught of questions emailed to me (and left in comments), asking for investment advice. While I always enjoy a good email discussion with readers of this site, I also wanted to share my thoughts to a wider audience in case it helps anyone else out. So [...]
Tweet My job never ends. Literally. I’m only making $3.92/hour, less than minimum wage. There are no perks, no benefits, no pension. I work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I get no holidays or vacations off. I’m literally doing my job in my sleep. Hi, my name is BNL, and I’m an [...]
Tweet Every 3 months I write an update on my on my Lending Club investment, based on my patented LC investment strategy. And now that another quarter has passed, it’s time for an update. By now, I’ve now been investing with Lending Club for 15 months. I started with a $10,000 investment, and my portfolio [...]
Tweet If you’ve been reading my site for awhile, then by now you’re probably aware of my passion for diversifying income and having a diverse asset allocation. By this, I’m talking about investments beyond traditional stocks and bonds – into things like Private Equity funds, peer-to-peer lending, and real estate. A well diversified portfolio of stocks and [...]
Tweet Oh, hello there! I can’t believe an entire month went by without a single post on this site – especially when I have so much to say. I just hope your October was as exciting and fun as mine was! I promise I’ll do my best not to go AWOL for so long again. [...]
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