Just went through my budget (for the 100th time) b/c as I'm busy doing something during the day, I will think of tweaking this or moving that to improve cash flow & savings, etc.
Well, today I was happily rearranging stuff and I started looking at my 'savings' tab on my spreadsheet that is linked to the budget tab. Turns out I had some of my formulas messed up and I won't be saving as much as I planned for 2011!! So frustrating and disheartening....I had planned to get some major debt paid down with the money I was saving and now that will not be possible until more like early 2012.
With that annoying find today, I started thinking about ways to make some extra money to supplement our income. My husband is already got stuff lined up to bring in some extra money this summer but now I think I will need to find something to do too.
Does anyone have any ideas -- I might be able to pull off another garage sale but I'm not holding my breath on that being ultra productive. We have construction in front of our house right now and the road is torn up -- folks have to "find" the detour to get to my drive way and I'm not sure if it would be a waste of time. Anyway -- any other thoughts from anyone out there in the blogosphere?
My budget smokes crack...sometimes.
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2. If you live in or near a city, look under "Volunteers" section of Craig's List and see if there are any market research focus groups in your area.
3. Sign up with Toluna or Pinecone to do online surveys. I average $80 to $100 a month doing these, but it takes a lot of time: I spend about an hour or so every day.
4. don't know enough about you, but do you work? Even p/t can help. It sounds like you've pared down the budget as much as you can already.
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Are you a SAHM? Could you babysit other children?
As always keep an eye out for ways to cut expenses, which can be more effective in the long term than temporary increases in income.
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Jerry