Home improvement. We've saved thousands by doing the work ourselves, and now the solar array is paying a dividend.
Handyman. Neighbors are happy to pay me $25/hour to make their repairs. Why, last year alone I pulled in over $50, and our kid learned a lot about spackling & cleaning out plumbing drains. She can't believe that she's getting paid $10/hour to learn it...
Investing. It's certainly been educational, and it's been breathtakingly volatile, but in the last four years it's made money. Of course I could have made about the same amount of money investing in the right index, but I wouldn't have answered all these pesky testosterone-poisoned "what if?" questions.
Yardwork. We've been growing our own fruits & vegetables and generating our own compost.
One of these days I will eBay the pile of crap valuable collectibles on my desk, and this time I really mean it!
Handyman. Neighbors are happy to pay me $25/hour to make their repairs. Why, last year alone I pulled in over $50, and our kid learned a lot about spackling & cleaning out plumbing drains. She can't believe that she's getting paid $10/hour to learn it...
Investing. It's certainly been educational, and it's been breathtakingly volatile, but in the last four years it's made money. Of course I could have made about the same amount of money investing in the right index, but I wouldn't have answered all these pesky testosterone-poisoned "what if?" questions.
Yardwork. We've been growing our own fruits & vegetables and generating our own compost.
One of these days I will eBay the pile of crap valuable collectibles on my desk, and this time I really mean it!