Skinny Spending

If I can continue to make £300+ a month from side hustles then this would be £800 a month, which would be amazing, although for budgeting I’m going to round this down to £150 extra to allow for quiet months and also the fact that I don’t spend my matched betting money (although as it continues to grow, once I have around £800 I think I will start to skim off the profits). Once this is completed, this is our plan for our extra cash: Holiday fund: £100 a month = £1200 a year – but we spend around £20 per person on our extended family and friends and need around £400 a year to cover this, plus extra for our daughter including a cake and the possibility of a party (which we have avoided for the past 2 years to save money). My own treats: £50 (from my side hustle money) = £600 a year On top of this we will have our own spending money (which we keep separate).

One of my aims for 2019 was to consistently make £300 in side hustles a month. I’m pleased to say that once again in March I have smashed this total! I always get lots of messages on Instagram asking how, so here as usual is the breakdown: I post on social media up to 10 times daily for a friend’s business so this is a fixed fee for my work

There are so many professional sellers out there that have a wealth of knowledge, but if you are starting out small just selling a few bits and pieces you might want a different perspective to someone who is selling hundreds of items a week. As I’ve been small time Ebay selling for a few months now, I thought I would round up the personal tips & tricks that I have found really useful during my reselling adventures for those just starting out. Whether it’s a cardboard box, a padded envelope or some bubble wrap / airpockets, there have been times when packaging up an item that I have been so grateful I’ve already got a box just the right size. If I’m in a rush then I can just quickly package it up at home and then write the address on at the time of posting using the details from my phone on the ebay app.

Be careful sharing your phone number I read a few 20Cogs guides from other bloggers and a lot advised entering a fake phone number that you can get from a phone number generator site. The first few days I managed to get through a number of the offers, but then for whatever reason I didn’t have time to check the 20Cogs site for a couple of days. It can also take up to 30 days for an offer to turn green, so if it takes you a month to complete the offers, it will then be another 30 days before you can cash out the money. Don’t do more than one offer per Cog until you have unlocked them all You can do as many offers as you want per cog, but often the offers are repeated on other cogs further down the line, so although you would earn extra money you would not unlock the next cog