Yep, another clickbaity headline, but hear me out. A couple of months ago I wrote my last clickbaity headline, How to Make $2,000 in 30 Minutes (For Real), which described how you could make $2,000 in an (arbitrarily chosen) six years by getting the American Express Blue Cash Preferred Credit Card (that's a referral link … Continue reading Turn 30 Minutes into $15,000 (No smoke and mirrors, just math)
Category: saving
How Much (?!) Did I Spend At Amazon?
Update May 2023: Amazon (perhaps not surprisingly) has removed this feature. Some folks have recommended this Chrome extension, although I have not used it yet. I've written before about aligning your spending with your values and goals. One thing I've noticed lately in a class I'm teaching is how many of my learners are mentioning … Continue reading How Much (?!) Did I Spend At Amazon?
How to Help Your Savings Keep Up with Inflation
Most people have a savings account. Sometimes folks have that savings split into different "buckets", perhaps money set aside for future specific purchases (a car, a new furnace), for contingencies (car repairs, an appliance breaks), or more generally as "emergency savings". By its nature, "savings" is different than "investments", because you generally want to take … Continue reading How to Help Your Savings Keep Up with Inflation
How to Make $2,000 in 30 minutes (For Real)
Yes, it's a clickbaity headline, but it's accurate. If you ask most people if they would take a job that offered to pay them $4,000 an hour, they would most likely say yes (assuming it wasn't dangerous, illegal, or against their principles). If you followed that up with the condition that the total duration of … Continue reading How to Make $2,000 in 30 minutes (For Real)

