Happy
New Year!
The great thing about
doing side hustles to generate extra income is that you can hustle on your own
terms. The more hard work, time, and
creative effort you put in, the more extra money you can make. You can hustle as little or as much as you
want, whenever you want. It’s your extra
money, and you can choose how you want to spend it. Not all of the following side hustles may be applicable to you. Instead of focusing on what ideas don’t apply
to you, try focusing on different side hustle ideas that you can implement to
work for your situation.
Award Travel
On
21.1, we redeemed 21,618 Chase Ultimate Rewards points and $11.20 for 2
one-way tickets from Orange County to Portland to visit my wife’s family for
Christmas. 2 tickets paid with cash
would have cost $378. After
paying $11.20 in fees, we saved $366.80 on these tickets.
On
12.2, we redeemed 14,521 Chase points for 1 one-way ticket from Portland
back to Orange County. The cash price
for each ticket was $246. After paying
$5.60 in fees, we saved $240.40 on this ticket. We didn’t have enough points at the time of
booking to pay for both of our tickets.
Cash Back
On 12.1, I received $18.77 PayPal deposit from Mr. Rebates
shopping portal
On 12.2, I received $25 cash back from my Barclaycard
Arrival Plus credit card
On 12.4, I received $3.42 cash back from PayPal cash back
On 12.4, I received $240 cash back from American
Express Small Business Saturday.
On 12.8, I received $20 cash back from American Express
Offers ($20 off $100 purchase at Staples)
On 12.9, my wife received
$20 cash back from American Express
Offers ($20 off $100 purchase at Staples)
Website income
On 12.22, I received a $51.25 direct deposit into my checking account
from website income
Search and Win
On
12.16, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks
On 12.5, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Bing
On 12.15, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Bing
On 12.19, my wife
received a $5 Amazon gift card from
Bing
MyPoints
On 12.11, I received a $11 Amazon gift card from MyPoints
Paid surveys
On 12.1, I received a $9 PayPal deposit from PineCone
Research
On 12.3, I received a $3 PayPal deposit from Pineone Research
On 12.9, I received a $3 PayPal deposit from Pineone Research
On 12.18, I received a $6 PayPal deposit from Pineone Research
E-rewards Medical
On 12.28, I received a
check for $5 for doing an online
survey
Side Job
On 12.13, I received a
check for $275 for teaching at the
local university.
Rental Income
On 12.1, I received $600 rental income from a new temporary
housemate.
Misc. Income
On
12.18, I received a $100 Home Depot gift card from Third Federal Savings
& Loan for opening a HELOC (more on this later)
Monthly Totals:
December was yet another
pretty productive side hustle month.
We saved $607.20 (after fees) on travel by using
our Chase Ultimate Rewards points on free airfare.
We earned $327.19 from credit card cash back
We earned $51.25
from website income
We earned $31
worth of Amazon gift certificates from Search and Win sites
We earned $21 in
cash from paid surveys
I earned $275 from
my side job teaching students
We earned $600
from rental income from our two housemates
We earned a $100 Home
Depot gift card as a promotion
All of this totals $2,012.64
from our side hustles for the month of December. Not
a bad way to end the year
2014 side hustles total
I have now documented one
complete year of side hustles, starting with my first post here. How did we do? Adding up all of our monthly side hustle
income, we earned a total of $28,663.42 on
the side for the 2014 year! This was
made up of cash, Amazon gift cards (good as cash), and conservatively estimated
savings on travel expenses (Our first class flight costs were not included
since we would never buy a first class ticket with cash).
Despite living frugally, side hustle money continues to help us live
a rich life. With a
baby on the way, we’re going to try to get more creative with our side hustles
in the year 2015. Are you content with
just getting paid every 2 weeks?
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