You can make extra money on the side in any number of ways. Most of them require ongoing effort of some kind: On a different level, some money-making opportunities require regular check-ins or regular activity to keep things active. Granted, it’s not a particularly high bar to log in once every 60 days, but I’ve … Read more
Maybe you can relate? “I need to keep going until the mortgage is paid off.” Those were the words of an admin I worked with a few years ago. I remember her as a delightful person and a talented graphical designer to boot. (We still use her material in presentations years later.) When she said … Read more
Yeah, another writer posting about their side hustle income. How. Exciting. We all have to start somewhere! The thing is: I haven’t done this ever. But it’s the right time now. I’ll be publishing my online income report monthly for a while as accountability to myself. And at least for now, to give you a … Read more
I started publishing articles on Medium this month. Once I repost it, this will be my seventh article on Medium. (Wanna check it out?) Yesterday I opened my stats and found that I’d earned nearly $4 on a single article that day. (It also marked my first article that earned over $5 total.) I get … Read more
I don’t need to tell you that workdays can be stressful. If you’re not physically exhausted, you’re mentally exhausted. If you’re not overtasked, you’re looking at the clock every five minutes. And the sheer stupidity of office policies and politics can leave you on your last thread. But for many of us — certainly for … Read more
(This was originally published on 13 October 2022.) I started this website two decades ago. The first time the Internet Archive captured the site was back in April 2004. I registered the domain in 2003. Back then I was hand-crafting HTML pages in a text editor, and managing all of the links by hand. I … Read more
Cashback websites make your online shopping sweeter by giving you a kickback on your online purchases just for clicking through their site. You know there are great deals to be had just about everywhere you look. Cashback sites are pretty darn easy. The more you buy from merchants on their site, the more they pay you. … Read more
During the first quarter or so of our marriage, we had gotten turned on to estate and consignment auctions. The deals were amazing and we were determined to take advantage of them. We filled up our minivan easily for $40 — sometimes for $20 or even $5. A friend at the time (the one who … Read more