What I have done in June to get ahead

The things I have done in June 2023 to get ahead have been not that many. But I figure if I start small I will grow big. Versus starting big and ending small.

I started using my Microsoft Bing Rewards again. I will have a separate post for each month showing the points that I earned that day.

I went back to donating plasma. My first time back paid $45 which promptly went to groceries and bribing my kids with DQ for whoever found my computer mouse which seems to have grown legs.

I have been scanning receipts into Fetch and so far I am at 31,718 points and I am saving up for an Amazon gift card in the amount of $50 which will take 53,500 points. So I only have 21,782 to go. If all my receipts are only worth the minimum 25 points that means I need 872 more receipts.

I started a great job in December that pays just over $20/hr. I am also signed up with Spark to deliver for Walmart and InstaCart to boost my income.

I will go back to writing on mylot.com for the dollar or so a month that it will make me. I can make a bunch of articles and then post them one or 2 a day so it won't take as much time as if I was sitting and writing them all each time I post.

I also, as soon as my mouse is found, will be downloading my credit reports and updating my debts and debt snowball.

Something fun that has happened is I sold my old vehicle, with the transmission that was fast going out, for $300 and got a car that had 149,000 miles on it with no major mechanical issues.

I'm back to having a car payment BUT I now have a reliable vehicle.

Total debt $26,339, Total Paid $0.00, Payoff Date July 2033 Current Net Worth -$27,106

“Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” -Oprah Winfrey-

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