I've been really hesitant to do this update! You all know why. I did email Merch after my termination and gave them all the facts without any of the sob and they still decided to keep my account terminated. So this will be my income report without that income. I'm still selling shirts on Etsy but it's clearly not the same. Meanwhile, I'm working on another website. Instead of designing T-shirts that serve no purpose in the great scheme of things (except to pad my bank account) I want to design helpful things that align with my passion: helping people…

This month was a month of really hard lessons learned and they're causing me to rethink my whole online business strategy. First: My Merch by Amazon account has been terminated. Last night I had 8 shirts taken down for copyright infringement. Amazon is super strict about copyrights. I've had designs taken down that were original designs but were deemed too close to another design or some trolls get "report to Amazon" happy. I don't object because my strategy has always been lay low and fly under the radar. But I'm guessing those take-downs caught up to me because by the…

Guess who's back? Back again! Sorry not sorry for getting that song stuck in your head. Here we are again with another installment of "what I made outside of my full-time job!" Here's the rest of the year for reference: January's Side Hustle Income Report February's Side Hustle Income Report March's Side Hustle Income Report April's Side Hustle Income Report May's Side Hustle Income Report June's Side Hustle Income Report Previously I haven't had a goal with these reports. I just wanted to share what you could realistically expect to make doing a few of these things and track my…

Hello there! How's your summer going? I'm tired. I maxed out in June. Like, couldn't take on any more. I've always been good at saying no and knowing my limits but with the addition of the RV renovation, I am beat. So we're slowing down on the RV. What I thought would take 2 months will take 3 if we're lucky. As long as I can get it listed by September I'll be happy. Summer is always slower for online businesses so it's a good time for us to work on the RV and plan for the fall. Back to…

It's that time of the month again. The time where I take inventory of what we're making outside our 9-5 income to get us closer to our goals. After we became debt free we didn't know what to do with our money. We'd developed frugal habits, worked well as a team, and built some income streams we didn't necessarily want to stop just because we could. So we channeled those assets to the goal of financial independence. We have the Choose FI podcast and community to thank for that. It showed me ways we could optimize our life to get…

Doing these has proven to be good for me. I'm sufficiently organized but I'm realizing with all the different things I do I can allow stuff to fall through the cracks. That's a lesson worth learning, organized people should be constantly looking to do things that make organizing easier. You can see January's Side Hustle Income Report here. Also, I only include income that's deposited into my account so sometimes it's from stuff I did a while ago but none of it is speculative. If you want more ideas on making money at home you can grab the list of…