Question

What have you done so far this year to increase your income?!  

Answer 1

I had enough FU money to quit my job. Now I'm in grad school with high hopes to get a much much better job once I finish this certificate; I might continue for the master's after I have the certificate.  

Comments

@godwit I did this too. Hopefully starting grad school in the fall.  

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@bestiary good luck! The lack of income is weird, but I'm glad I did it.  

Answer 2

Not by much but. I've been carving wooden spoons and other utensils to sell.  

Answer 3

Reached my ‘savings goal’ so started sending that auto deposit from that acct to an acct at Fidelity where I can buy stocks and funds instead of 1+% interest

Answer 4

Get a raise

Answer 5

In addition to my traditional J. O. B. : Amazon Seller, blogging, photo sales. Increased 401k contributions, reducing debt.  

Answer 6

Got into the gig economy! I drive for lyft and now my car pays for itself! Also, started adding more to my esop, that 15% discount immediately sold makes for a 20% increase!  

Answer 7

Moved majority of my savings from a brick and mortar bank to a high yield savings account

Answer 8

I got a new job and I’m finally gonna be making 6 figures :)))))))))))

Answer 9

Increased my hours at work, and hubby and I are starting a blog/YT channel that we plan to monetize.  

Answer 10

Got a promotion, then argued for a bigger raise than what came with the promotion. Still in negotiations on the bigger raise.  

Answer 11

Keep learning trading strategies, my portfolio is up 13% this year so far. Aiming for 70% by the end of the year.  

Comments

@margravine6136 what type of trading do you do? (I do Options trading)

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@spencer8887 Swing trading, sometimes I do options, but mostly catching momentum stocks and sell on small gains, it adds up. I only do these sectors: Tech, Medical, Construction, REIT

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@margravine6136 if you swing trade stocks with liquid options, you should trade the options: you get leverage to buy the stocks plus volatility variable with options.  

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Your PnL would be slightly above 13% YTD  

Answer 12

Working on building an ADU in our garage.  

Answer 13

Zero debt. Add to my savings, 403B, and retirement monthly.  

Answer 14

Kinda really struggling with handling money.  

Comments

@urinalysis where do you need help? What makes it a struggle?  

Answer 15

I was certain I replied to this post and said I was eating more peanut butter sandwiches. keeps me from buying pricey fast food at work.  

Answer 16

Launched a new website to hopefully get revenue later this year.  

Answer 17

Bought low, sold high and a little side hustlin’

Answer 18

Starting a side hustle! Launching a blog very soon ☺️