Generating an extra 13 thousand dollars. Wow, I never thought I’d be brainstorming at this level before starting this exercise. To read this through from the beginning, check out my initial post on “Abundant Living” here which explains the challenge in detail. The basics are that every week or so I double the amount spent last [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 28, 2008
Close-up wildlife encounter
DH and I recently shared a magical experience. We became one with nature. Ok, before you stop reading and think I’ve gone loony let me share that this was a really great, once-in-a-lifetime (although I suspect for us it may be one of many experiences as we keep finding cooler and cooler ones each year [...]
October 28, 2008
The Quest for Cash
Craigslist still has not generated any nibbles. I cut the price of the recreational equipment listed on there by 50%. I’m hoping we can get some interest.
We also finished sorting through our double closets and now have 3 large garbage bags full of clothes. It caused a bit of marital discord. Apparently one of my [...]
October 25, 2008
Not Feeling Well
DH and I had a rough week. He’s got some sort of cold- cough, fever, sore throat. He has been walking about an hour a day outside in cold weather and the seasons are changing. Although I hadn’t planned to turn the heat on until later next month I relented at the sight of him [...]
October 21, 2008
Life
We’re preparing for our next vacation right now. We have a lot of packing to do. We started sorting through the clothes in the closet but have not finished. My goal is to find a few more outfits that we may be able to sell at the consignment shop. We were interrupted by out of [...]
October 18, 2008
No cash this week
After a successful first week of generating extra cash…
No cash came our way this week. We have things listed on craigslist but have yet to receive a call or email. We found clothes that can likely be exchanged for store credit and set other clothes aside for either a pawn/consignment shop or yard sale. But, [...]
October 13, 2008
Abundant Living- $6400
This idea came to me as we have been exchanging our things for quick cash at a variety of places.
How we could earn the money:
Start a part-time cleaning/junk removal business where you keep what you remove. I can see a huge client base for this: retirees looking to move, children of deceased parents, those who [...]
October 10, 2008
Cash for Stuff
It’s really hard to have to sell stuff.
It feels awkward to sell your personal stuff for cash. DH took more video games in today to the game store but he exchanged them for credit. It feels “less slimy” than selling things for cash. We currently have $100 in store credit for purchase of future games. [...]
October 9, 2008
Deeper Into DINK
Today I used flickr for the first time after reading about it on Misadventures of a Newlywed’s site. I made a mosaic in response to the following categories:
1- Your Name
2- Favorite Food
3- High School
4- Favorite Color
5- Celebrity Crush
6- Favorite Drink
7- Dream Trip
8- Favorite Dessert
9- Dream job
10- What You Love Most
11- One word to Describe YOU
12- [...]
October 7, 2008
Abundant Living- $3200
This abundant living project is a great idea I found over at Millionaire Mommy Next Door’s Website and wanted to implement for myself over the next year.
Basically, it’s an exercise to expand your way of thinking. Imagine what you would do with $100 the first week. Double that each week you participate in the project (week 2=$200, week [...]
