October 7, 2019
On Money
Income
Our primary income comes from our full time jobs. We have minimal income from an investment property and investing in dividend stocks. That money is saved for future repairs and reinvested, respectively. We earn money on the side to supplement our main incomes. Our side income comes from Swagbucks and cash back sites (Ebates, Mr. Rebates). Some posts have affiliate links that pay a micro-commission to keep the blog running and I’ve added a way to support the blog in the sidebar to the right!
Our long term goal is to replace our day job income by the time my health prevents me from working.
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Dividend income. We received $313 in dividends this month. Our year to date net dividends are $2,879.40.
Bank bonuses. HSBC finally paid up! I’m so glad to be done with them. They are the absolute worst.
ALSO our long awaited tax refund also finally arrived! Woo! I promptly deposited it into our anemic account meant for paying the property taxes – it’s way behind the mark it should have hit in order to pay it in full on time.
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September 2, 2019
On Money
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Income
Our primary income comes from our full time jobs. We have minimal income from an investment property and investing in dividend stocks. That money is saved for future repairs or reinvested, respectively. We earn money on the side to supplement our main incomes. Our side income comes from Swagbucks and cash back sites (Ebates, Mr.Rebates). Some posts have affiliate links that pay a micro-commission to keep the blog running.
The long term goal is to replace our day job income by the time my health prevents me from working.
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Dividend income. We received $485 in dividends this month. Our year to date net dividends are $2566.
Bank bonuses came due. Citi paid promptly. I transferred our money out and closed my account without a hiccup.
HSBC, however, was the absolute pits from start to finish. The date for the payouts came and went without a peep from them so I had to open investigations into both accounts. They required about 15x more time than any other bonus situation and neither of us want to deal with them again. I’m still waiting….
Amazon money: It’s rare that I do a paying survey but picked up one at the end of the month earning $35. Nice. We are slowly reducing our dependence on Amazon but it’s a balance.
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August 5, 2019
On Money
Income
Our primary income comes from our full time jobs. We have some tiny cash flow we don’t touch from an investment property and investing in dividend stocks. We earn money on the side to supplement our main incomes. Our side income comes from Swagbucks, cash back sites (Ebates, Mr.Rebates), and tracking physical activity through Achievement (my introduction to it). Some posts have affiliate links that pay a tiny commission to keep the blog running.
Our big long term goal is to replace our day job income before my health prevents me from working.
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Dividend income. We received $184 in dividends this month. Our year to date net dividends are $2,080.42. I currently reinvest all our dividends.
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July 8, 2019
On Money
Income
Our primary income comes from our full time jobs. We have some tiny cash flow we don’t touch from an investment property and investing in dividend stocks. We earn money on the side to supplement our main incomes. Our side income comes from Swagbucks, cash back sites (Ebates, Mr.Rebates), and tracking physical activity through Achievement (my introduction to it). Some posts have affiliate links that pay a tiny commission to keep the blog running.
Our big long term goal is to replace our day job income before my health prevents me from working.
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Dividend income. We received $268 in dividends this month. Our year to date net dividends are $1,896.42. I currently reinvest all our dividends into new stocks / funds.
I’ve removed “occasional sales on Poshmark” from our income summary since I’ve neither listed new items or made a sale in months. I’ve got a stack of clothes that should be listed but I just don’t have the time right now.
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July 1, 2019
Spring! March 20th through June 20th 2019
What I read
Helen Hoang.
The Kiss Quotient. This was a fun read.
Jasper Fforde.
The Last Dragonslayer
The Last Dragonslayer, Book 2, The Song of the Quarkbeast
Piyali Bhattacharya.
Good Girls Marry Doctors. I could not put this book down. It resonated so strongly with my ingrained sense of duty and family culture (though we aren’t South Asian), the silencing of women even while expecting us to be strong enough to bear every burden, the expiration date at age 25, the arranged marriage set-ups, the expectations that you will always prioritize your parents.
Nicola Yoon.
Everything Everything. Very well written but the twist at the end reminded me of the real life story of a similar situation which is incredibly sad.
The Sun is Also a Star. Also very well written. The twist at the end made me mad it was the end because I want mooooreeee.
Fun but forgettable.
Kiera Cass.
The Selection
The Elite
The Siren
Andy Weir.
Artemis. (more…)
June 3, 2019
On Money
Income
Our primary income comes from our full time jobs. We earn money on the side, including tiny cash flow we don’t touch from an investment property and investing in dividend stocks.
Our side income comes from Swagbucks, rare sales on Poshmark, cash back sites (Ebates, Mr.Rebates), and tracking physical activity through Achievement (my introduction to it). Some posts have affiliate links that pay a tiny commission to keep the blog running.
The long term goal is to replace our day job income in case my health prevents me from working.
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Dividend income. We received $514.98 in dividends this month. Our year to date net dividends are $1,628.42. Our current monthly average dividend income is $325. I currently reinvest all our dividends into new stocks.
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May 6, 2019
On Money
Income
Our primary income comes from our full time jobs. We earn money on the side, including tiny cash flow we don’t touch from an investment property and investing in dividend stocks.
Our side income comes from Swagbucks, rare sales on Poshmark, cash back sites (Ebates, Mr.Rebates), and tracking physical activity through Achievement (my introduction to it). Some posts have affiliate links that pay a tiny commission to keep the blog running.
The long term goal is to replace our day job income in case my health prevents me from working.
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Dividend income. We received $184 in dividends this month. Our year to date net dividends are $1,113.44. I reinvest all our dividends.
Merch sales! Maggie was so kind as to give me some pointers on how to get started with Merch last year. She’s had serious success with it. I’m neither a fast learner or a great designer but I tried my hand at it and worked up several designs, and then waited. They sat there all year long with no movement so I’d forgotten about them in all the end of year work. It turns I had a couple of sales at the end of last year! The revenue showed up earlier but I wanted to wait until the 90 day return window closed before counting it. Exciting! No idea how to replicate that, and it was a drop in the bucket ($10), but it was neat.
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