Tonight I outed myself as the Tooth Fairy. I don’t feel great about it, but I’m just freaking tired of keeping up the magical pretense. It’s exhausting! I previously killed off the Easter Bunny and the Switch Witch (I’ll explain later). Santa Claus and Elf on the Shelf are still going strong. I really hate […]
If you are a dog owner like me, then you probably also complain a lot about the cost of pet-related expenses. It’s very important to me that my pets get the proper food, medicine, and veterinary care they need and deserve in addition to all the love and attention we give them. Many years ago,
The year 2023 started out with a bang! On my first day back at work after the holidays, January 3rd, I was laid off from my job. To make things even worse, it happened via video call on Skype. For nearly all of 2022, I poured all of my energy into my new tech job
Sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures. If you really need help with basic necessities, like food, there are resources around you to help. You only need to put your pride aside and look to see what is out there. Whenever things seem overwhelming financially, I think about the year that I was so broke
Around ten years ago I was faced with filing bankruptcy. The United States was in the middle of a recession, and I was out of options. I was self-employed back then and had been doing quite well. Once the recession hit, everyone became afraid to spend money. My clients began to disappear overnight. I went
Did you know that you can make fast cash from focus groups? Let me explain… A couple of days ago, I spent much of my day participating in a focus group. I first learned about the focus group from a sponsored Facebook ad. I saw an opportunity to make decent money ($175) for the purpose
If you haven’t dealt with large medical bills for yourself or your children, you are very fortunate. I have personally dealt with some big ones and in the past struggled to pay these medical bills. There are ways to obtain financial assistance for medical bills. When my oldest daughter was almost five years old, my
If you are a mom or even an adult woman, there is a huge chance that you have been approached by someone about MLM (multi-level marketing). It’s likely that you have been approached multiple times about purchasing a product. Maybe it was through a Facebook friend advertising an MLM product that showed up in your
Let me introduce you to the world of mystery shopping. If you’ve ever worked in retail, food service, or property management, you’ve probably heard about it. If you haven’t worked in these spaces, then you still may be aware of it because it’s been around for a long time. Mystery shopping, also referred to as
Door Dash as a side hustle is something I’ve been curious about for a long while now. I’ve used it exactly once ever as a consumer and it was expensive! But I have been curious about how much money someone can made by delivering food via Door Dash. So here’s the lowdown… Signing up was
