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.
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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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April 1, 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 $268 in dividends this month. Our year to date net dividends are $929.44. I currently reinvest all our dividends.
Book sales. Nothing like last month’s $45 but this month we had $15.83 come in from TextbookRush and another $7.60. They were pretty slow to actually process payment but they came through in the end. Anyone who says that you can just sell stuff in case you lose your source of income has a lot more sellable stuff than we do.
Going paperless. FINALLY Chase offered me $5 to go paperless with our checking account. Honestly I’d thought we were paperless already but I prefer to get paid for these things. 🙂 Sent that $5 directly to savings.
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March 27, 2019
This winter (December through March) was a lot less reading and lot more doing things but that wasn’t correlated – I don’t have time to read during the day!
It was just a coincidence that I ran short on reading material, needed more sleep, and had resolved to try to do one social thing per month all around the same time.
What I read
Tanja Hester, Work Optional – a fantastic book on the ideas and math behind early retirement, not just how fun it is.
Ilona Andrews, Magic Shifts (Kate Daniels Series, Book 8)
Magic Binds (Kate Daniels Series, Book 9)
Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant, Book 1)
Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels Series, Book 10)
Mercedes Lackey, From a High Tower (Elemental Masters Series, Book 11)
Anne McCaffrey, Catalyst, Barque Cats Series, Book 1
Catacombs, Barque Cats Series, Book 2
Seanan McGuire, Chaos Choreography
A lot of free short stories from the Incryptid world. I love the Incryptid series.
John Scalzi, Head On: A Novel of the Near Future. I’ve really enjoyed the Lock In series.
Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season
J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two
I’m unwilling to spend any more money on Rowling’s franchise, she’s become deeply problematic over the years and probably always has been, but a friend lent me their copy of the book and I was curious. NOW I understand why another friend likes Scorpius.
Patricia Briggs. I’m well into this series mostly because of momentum and availability. Our library has a lot of the ebooks and hasn’t gotten a lot of the books I do want. But the social structure in her world is squicky.
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March 4, 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 $504.44 in dividends this month – an unusually high month. Our year to date net dividends are $661.44. I reinvest all our dividends.
Book sales. I’m usually on the wrong end of that phrase! But I was thrilled to get the biggest quote I’ve ever gotten on an old textbook I’d used several years ago from topdollar4books. After giving myself my first ever blister erasing my notes (thankfully in pencil!) and sending it off firmly wrapped, this netted $45. They paid immediately (Paypal) upon receiving the book which was shockingly fast.
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