Since I last wrote we have been busy trying to get into the swing of things with the new elliptical and changing our eating habits. We are trying to get into a more healthy lifestyle and this has paid off! Literally! In order for us to fit our new elliptical in the space we wanted, we had to get rid of a few things. Instead of throwing them out, I wanted to see if we could get any money for them and I posted them on Craigslist.
We sold a glider with ottoman (the ottoman was broken), a lateral thigh strider, a rocking cradle and an elliptical/stepper (had a few problems, we lost the tool to tighten a certain screw that kept coming loose, the handle bar padding was torn and the cup holder was cracked) and we made $70! I realize that might not sound like a lot for all that, but like I mentioned, most things had something wrong with them or we were even lucky to get what we got for them.
So not only have we cleared out a lot of space but we made some money to go towards our debt! Last Saturday we set up our elliptical and I have already lost 1 lb.! In Dave Ramsey's book, "The Total Money Makeover" he compares debt to losing weight, so it's funny that those 2 are going hand in hand for us now!
Lately I've been thinking about the direction of this blog. When I first made it, I had the intentions of blogging a lot about making money online. But over the past couple of months I realized it's not really feasible for someone like myself to make a lot of money online. I tried the niche website thing, but I do not have the time or patience for that. The get paid to sites are really hit or miss and the time I need to devote to them I could spend more wisely to get a better outcome. I have decided I am going to put most of my efforts towards Pinecone Research surveys, paid emails, selling things online, living frugally and saving money as much as I can to pay off this debt. I will admit though, that I really enjoyed writing articles and I earned pretty much from them, so when I have the time I would like to try and get into that again.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
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3 comments:
Hey I really enjoyed reading this post, and I'm sure you'll do just fine with the debt. You seem to have the kind of discipline and dedication that most people lack.
All the best.
congrats, and what you said about putting your time into what earn YOU money is so true! Congrats on the 1 pound - heres to all the pounds you want!
Hi Jackie! I've tagged you on my blog to share 7 random things! (Also, my computer crashed! Can you please e-mail me with the names and birthstones for your bracelet. Oh, and your address again. Sorry!)
- Jen :)
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