No multiple income streams right now. Just have not taken the plunge/found the time. Our idea is to start a husband/wife photography team for special events as a side business.
I work two jobs ever since my husband was laid off from his full-time job last October. I wait tables on the weekends, and work Mon-Thurs at a local non-profit doing financial counseling. My husband has a part-time job right now, and is focusing attention on gardening, raising our backyard chickens, and doing various handyman jobs.
I currently only have one job. I have lost most of my part time work to people who were unemployed and looking to do it full time. For now I am enjoying the additional free time of only having one job. I may look into renting a room or two to provide a little additional income.
Yes, we have multiple streams of income...I work full-time behind a desk, my husband and I sell yard sale items at a local flea market about once a month (brings us AT LEAST $100 every time for about 6 hours of "work" - and most times we don't even know what we've sold...LOL)! Plus I have my own home based business that I keep up and probably don't work as much as I should.
My husband own his own business with one main source of income, and several smaller ones. I work doing bookkeeping for his business and one other. I also have multiple online sources of income.
And I give each income stream a "job" to do so that it doesn't get swallowed up with everyday expenses and impulse buys.
Historically, I have usually kept 2 jobs, occasionally 3. Almost always maintained a fulltime "day job". Moonlighted for a decade as an artists' model for both community colleges and private groups, which is irregular work but the checks go straight into the "play money" envelope. Taught beginning sewing classes at local fabric stores for a few years until all the stores got bought out by a behemoth & went corporate. Worked half-Saturdays at a costume rental shop for a few years. The handful of tax forms makes tax time more complicated, but the extra few bucks are nice padding, to pay for the extras in life. As so many others are, I am working on launching a small home-based business, which has been on the back burner for 4 years, and which has a long way to go to show a profit, but which has good potential. Have not found mystery shopping or online sales to be a significant source of income yet, more of a break-even endeavor.
I have two other sources of income: tutor and sell my own jewelry designs. Neither is very regular, but I save up all year to afford really nice vacation.
I work one full-time job. I keep debating a second job to help pay off some debt sooner, but my free time with my fiancé, friends, family and beagle is just too valuable to me right now. I know that if I took on a second job, I would be more stressed and wouldn't have much time to myself, so I'm making a compromise.
I don't, but am looking at ideas for some. My brother turned a hobby into a decent "occasional" income. It inspired me. It would go straight to my non-existent retirement account if I do find a 2nd source of income!
I am retired - prepared for it since my early 2's, thanks to my father way back then. I have retired from two jobs - a State government job with good and stable benefits. Then also from a church where I draw from an annuity now.
Works for me - I have been very bless - let me tell you!
~Mad(elyn) in Alabama
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Yes I do. In addition to my "day job," I teach one class a semester at a community college, and do freelance bookkeeping for various people as the needs arise. Sometimes I do online surveys, but that's more of a thing to do when I'm bored than a viable source of income.
We're going to dump Netflix DVD-by-mail when the pricing changes take effect. Between streaming and Hulu and (ick) over-the-air we've got enough to watch. At $12/mo for a two-disc plan we can afford to buy a new-ish movie a month if we want to watch something repeatedly.
We're also considering doing what you suggested: switch to DVD-by-mail for a couple months occasionally. Not sure yet. I never thought cancelling cable would be so painless, so I'm hoping we won't even notice Netflix DVDs are missing when we cancel it.
One thing is for certain: Netflix is going to have a LOT of assets sitting around doing nothing come September. They're stocked for their current customer base it seems (I don't have delays getting discs, etc), but if that customer base drops 10% overnight, they're going to have a lot of waste facility and and labor assets that aren't necessary anymore. Which is bad for them because they pay heavily up-front for those assets, and they won't realize the full benefit of them.
I hope Netflix isn't shooting themselves in the foot here, but I'm not going to support their foray into premium pricing. They're creeping into basic cable cost right now, and this is a bad time to try to convince consumers to add "another cable bill."
My husband and I each have salaried jobs, but in our get out of debt plans, we routinely search for other sources of income. Our steadiest is selling quality metal for recycling. People throw all kinds of good stuff away that at the minimum can be broken down into wire, copper, aluminum, lead, and brass. You don't even have to dumpster dive. We go around neighborhoods and pick up stuff set out on the curb for big junk collection day. We do cans as well. We are small time, but with current prices, we get enough to add to the debt. Plus we use craigslist, ebay, and garage sales to sell good stuff. Finally, I am now earning a bit of income marketing a nutritional product that I was just a user of, and that seems to working out well too. Mypoints for gift cards is good too.
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No multiple income streams right now. Just have not taken the plunge/found the time. Our idea is to start a husband/wife photography team for special events as a side business.
I have a full-time job and recently started my own Arbonne business, so I have two sources of income!
I work two jobs ever since my husband was laid off from his full-time job last October. I wait tables on the weekends, and work Mon-Thurs at a local non-profit doing financial counseling. My husband has a part-time job right now, and is focusing attention on gardening, raising our backyard chickens, and doing various handyman jobs.
I currently only have one job. I have lost most of my part time work to people who were unemployed and looking to do it full time. For now I am enjoying the additional free time of only having one job. I may look into renting a room or two to provide a little additional income.
Yes, we have multiple streams of income...I work full-time behind a desk, my husband and I sell yard sale items at a local flea market about once a month (brings us AT LEAST $100 every time for about 6 hours of "work" - and most times we don't even know what we've sold...LOL)! Plus I have my own home based business that I keep up and probably don't work as much as I should.
I have a full time job, a direct sales business plus intrest and dividend income from investments
Yes, I love having multiple streams of income.
My husband own his own business with one main source of income, and several smaller ones. I work doing bookkeeping for his business and one other. I also have multiple online sources of income.
And I give each income stream a "job" to do so that it doesn't get swallowed up with everyday expenses and impulse buys.
No, we just have one.
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Historically, I have usually kept 2 jobs, occasionally 3. Almost always maintained a fulltime "day job". Moonlighted for a decade as an artists' model for both community colleges and private groups, which is irregular work but the checks go straight into the "play money" envelope. Taught beginning sewing classes at local fabric stores for a few years until all the stores got bought out by a behemoth & went corporate. Worked half-Saturdays at a costume rental shop for a few years. The handful of tax forms makes tax time more complicated, but the extra few bucks are nice padding, to pay for the extras in life. As so many others are, I am working on launching a small home-based business, which has been on the back burner for 4 years, and which has a long way to go to show a profit, but which has good potential. Have not found mystery shopping or online sales to be a significant source of income yet, more of a break-even endeavor.
I have two other sources of income: tutor and sell my own jewelry designs. Neither is very regular, but I save up all year to afford really nice vacation.
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I work one full-time job. I keep debating a second job to help pay off some debt sooner, but my free time with my fiancé, friends, family and beagle is just too valuable to me right now. I know that if I took on a second job, I would be more stressed and wouldn't have much time to myself, so I'm making a compromise.
We only have one source of income at this time. My husband is currently a SAHD, but in the future I'm sure he'll go back to work.
Currently I have only one source of income...Social Security Disability. In August my answer might change! :-)
I don't, but am looking at ideas for some. My brother turned a hobby into a decent "occasional" income. It inspired me. It would go straight to my non-existent retirement account if I do find a 2nd source of income!
I am retired - prepared for it since my early 2's, thanks to my father way back then. I have retired from two jobs - a State government job with good and stable benefits. Then also from a church where I draw from an annuity now.
Works for me - I have been very bless - let me tell you!
~Mad(elyn) in Alabama
I already receive WiseBread emails daily and "like" their page - long since. I take advantage of all the information and offers that apply to me!
I highly recommend!
Yes I do. In addition to my "day job," I teach one class a semester at a community college, and do freelance bookkeeping for various people as the needs arise. Sometimes I do online surveys, but that's more of a thing to do when I'm bored than a viable source of income.
On the side my husband and I do jobs on elance - it is a great source for a little or a lot of additional income depending on your time and skills.
We're going to dump Netflix DVD-by-mail when the pricing changes take effect. Between streaming and Hulu and (ick) over-the-air we've got enough to watch. At $12/mo for a two-disc plan we can afford to buy a new-ish movie a month if we want to watch something repeatedly.
We're also considering doing what you suggested: switch to DVD-by-mail for a couple months occasionally. Not sure yet. I never thought cancelling cable would be so painless, so I'm hoping we won't even notice Netflix DVDs are missing when we cancel it.
One thing is for certain: Netflix is going to have a LOT of assets sitting around doing nothing come September. They're stocked for their current customer base it seems (I don't have delays getting discs, etc), but if that customer base drops 10% overnight, they're going to have a lot of waste facility and and labor assets that aren't necessary anymore. Which is bad for them because they pay heavily up-front for those assets, and they won't realize the full benefit of them.
I hope Netflix isn't shooting themselves in the foot here, but I'm not going to support their foray into premium pricing. They're creeping into basic cable cost right now, and this is a bad time to try to convince consumers to add "another cable bill."
definitely try to find a local beekeeper, or beekeeping club. you might even get some free honey out of the deal!
My husband and I each have salaried jobs, but in our get out of debt plans, we routinely search for other sources of income. Our steadiest is selling quality metal for recycling. People throw all kinds of good stuff away that at the minimum can be broken down into wire, copper, aluminum, lead, and brass. You don't even have to dumpster dive. We go around neighborhoods and pick up stuff set out on the curb for big junk collection day. We do cans as well. We are small time, but with current prices, we get enough to add to the debt. Plus we use craigslist, ebay, and garage sales to sell good stuff. Finally, I am now earning a bit of income marketing a nutritional product that I was just a user of, and that seems to working out well too. Mypoints for gift cards is good too.