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. 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.
Once a month (usually on the 1st), I like to post a short
summary of our personal and financial situation for the previous month. Here I’ll share some of what’s been going on
with our lives and our side hustles.
Welcome to October, did
everyone have a good September? It’s
been another busy and fun filled month for us.
The month started with a
nice day off for Labor Day where we enjoyed a BBQ at our friend’s home. I could get used to 4 day work weeks.
My friend invited me on
his boat to go deep-sea fishing.
We went to Las Vegas for
my annual business conference and stayed at the Venetian hotel. This was a very different trip from the last
few times with our son. He is now over 2
years old, and full of nonstop energy. Half of our time was spent chasing our son down.
He enjoyed splashing
around the swimming pool.
To make our lives easier,
we got takeout for several of our meals. The Grand Lux Café is located very close to the room elevators and it was easy to call in our order and then pick up our food.
We still got a chance to
go eat at a few of our favorite restaurants in Las Vegas. Every time we visit, we start off our morning
with waffles, coffee and smoothies at Tiabi
Coffee and Waffle.
We enjoyed delicious
ramen at Monta Ramen
and Ramen
Sora, two of the most tasty ramen places in Las Vegas. The ramen at these restaurants was almost as good as ramen that we've had in Japan. Our son’s current favorite food is noodles.
Since we rarely eat out,
every meal we had in Las Vegas was such a treat and tasted amazing.
No visit for us to Las
Vegas is complete without dropping by the Mandalay Bay Shark
Reef Aquarium. This aquarium is home
to over 2,000 animals including sawfish, giant rays, seat turtles, piranhas, and jellyfish. There is even a golden crocodile here.
Our son could
hardly contain his excitement as he ran from exhibit to exhibit pointing out
all the sea creatures he recognized.
It was great to come back
home after spending 3 days in Las Vegas.
The best moments for us continue to be time spent as a family walking
around our neighborhood and chasing our son as he runs around.
Our son recently discovered chalk.
He also recently discovered pill bugs (rollie
pollies), and enjoys finding and playing with them.
My sister and her family came to visit us for one day and our son got a chance to spend some time with his cousin. Here they are being carted around the neighborhood in a wagon.
Now here’s our monthly summary of side income that
we have generated in the previous month of September.
Cash back
On 9.20, I received a $2.80 deposit into my Discover Cashback
Checking account. I keep this online
checking account open since you can earn 10 cents (up to 100 transactions per
month) on debit card purchases, bills paid through Discover’s online bill pay
service, or checks cleared. While this
isn’t a significant amount of money, it’s nice getting 10 cents for paying
bills or writing checks.
On 9.28, my wife and I
both received $15 Gap E-gift cards totaling $30 from a promotion. I
received the deal
notification from Doctor of
Credit, one of the free websites I subscribe to for the best deals on gift
cards, credit cards, and bank account bonuses.
Survey Income
On 9.14, I received a $150 virtual gift card from Logit Group, a medical survey company. I immediately used it to purchase a $150
Amazon gift card, which will be used towards everyday purchases.
On 9.5, I received a
check for $18 from M3 Global Research, another medical survey company.
Side Job
No side job income for me
this month. I only taught for a few
hours at the end of September and the payment should come next month.
Rental Income
On 9.5, we received a net
profit of $430 from our rental
property.
Website Income
On 9.21, I received a $100.25 direct deposit into our
checking account from Commission Junction for
income generated by the website.
On 9.22, I received a $200 direct deposit into our checking
account from Bankrate
for income generated by the website.
Thank you all for your continued support!
Miscellaneous Income
On 9.11, my wife and I each
redeemed 12,500 MyVegas points towards free Mandalay Bay Shark Reef Aquarium tickets for our visit to Las Vegas this month. This saved us $50 in admissions tickets ($25 per adult, with our son being
free). We had such a wonderful time at
the aquarium.
We earned $32.80 cash
back
I earned $168 from paid surveys
We earned $430
from rental income
We earned $300.25 from income from this website
I earned $50 from miscellaneous income
I earned $50 from miscellaneous income
All of this totals $981.05
from our side hustles for the month of September. Most
of this income was passive, coming in as we spent time having fun. Are you working on any side hustles?
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