I didn’t earn a lot this week- and honestly, I’m a little sad that my dollar amount is so low. However, what I try to remind myself is I killed it in savings. My stockpile got a little bigger, my gift closet is fuller and I will reap the benefits of that later.
Secret Shopping remains scarce. This is why it’s so important to diversify. If you put all your eggs in one basket, you run the risk of going out to find the hens ain’t laying- and then you’ve got nothing! While my earnings are pitiful this week, I’m still building up earnings in my apps and on my sites, so hopefully next week is booming. If I was only living my life for secret shops- well you’ll see how pitiful that would be soon.
Kristen B. shared the importance of having a side hustle with us and I love that. I wish my side hustle was something so consistent- instead I craft, which can take a while and depends on demand. That, paired with my survey-ing and other various rewards and couponing usually does pretty well for me- but I don’t have a guaranteed amount I can fall back on like Kristen B. has. I’m definitely going to have to hunt around for a little something I can do more consistently.
I’ve been doing some serious research on World of Color and Fantasmic at Disneyland. Do we do fastpass? Dining passes? Standby? Do we skip it or see it? Oh my gosh I feel so out of my element with Disneyland sometimes. I don’t want to miss something, but coming from the East Coast I know we’ll be morning people. Can we even hang long enough to see the shows, especially with a soon-to-be 5 year old? I’ll have to continue to plan and check out how the earnings go. If I need to save money, the easiest thing to cut is the more expensive meals- like character meals and show meals. If I end up with a sweet, sweet surplus (like I hope!) then we can live our best lives out on the west coast- or start saving up for the next big adventure.
2020 West Coast Trip Goal: $5000
January 20th- January 26th
$31.79- CC Rewards
$5- Bing
$4.65- Misc
$3- Secret shopping
Total earned this week: $44.44
Fund Total from last post: $3784.86
Current Fund Total: $3829.30
Only $1170.70 to go! At this point I need to average $68.86 a week to hit my goal! The pressure is real.
Stella Boudreaux says
The number of secret companies you work for gives you more money!! I have retired for shopping because of memory. Even on my cell phone with the questions etc. I forget to get everything. I started shopping before they were online. It was fun and profitable.