Extra income ideasRemember the old saying from Norman Vincent Peal: "Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." It is very typical for bipolar people to undermine their financial health through manic spending sprees or poor decision-making during an episode.
PLEASE - don't let this be you! Use these extra income ideas to live the life you were truly destined for. Top extra income ideasWhen I was 15 years old both my parents (bipolar, undiagnosed and untreated) went to prison, and my sisters and I had to fend for ourselves. I soon learned the value of a dollar and to take pride in any form of honest work. To me there is a list of extra income ideas I have come to think of as "the basics". These are things anyone can do, small capital outlay, and few basic skills beyond a work ethic and pleasant manner.Over the years I have done of all of these, and would turn to them again if the situation demanded it. My list of cannot miss extra income ideas for anyone are: 1. Do what I do and work from home making money online and having fun. If I can do it, so can you.
Discover how I have fun and am making extra income.
2. Pet sitting. (It is amazing how desperate folks are for this and how they will pay you cash money just to hang out at their house, watch their cable, eat their food, and pet their cat.) 3. Cleaning. (My cleaner charges $99 for a 3 bedroom house. They are a husband and wife team who come once every two weeks and drive a Saab convertible. They work hard for the 45 minutes they are here, but are getting a fabulous hourly rate.) 4. Rubbish removal (You do need a truck or trailer but rubbish removal is one of those simple services that is always in demand and absurdly expensive.) 5. Catering (This can be as simple as offering to deliver frozen, home-cooked meals to colleagues or neighbours. One of my successful twists has been to offer something aligned with whatever the latest trend is, for example, recipes out of The South Beach Diet or The Zone Diet.) 6. Have a garage sale, rent a market stall, or in this day and age, go on an all-out e-Bay binge. (Thanks to my manic spending sprees, I always had stuff to sell that I did NOT need.) 7. Get a food concession at your local market. I have done everything from hamburgers to baking to pad thai. Where I live now in the Florida panhandle, the gas stations often have people doing homemade BBQ at the edge of the gas station forecourts. The BBQ is usually delicious, and wow do those folk rake in the cash.
Maybe none of the ideas above appeal to you, or you are just not ready yet. If that is the case, please think about some further education - this invariably gives an extra income boost later on. Also, doing something something positive for yourself will assist you in developing a healthier relationship with money - and is invaluable in building self-esteem and defeating negative thinking - always important issues for bipolar people.
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