
The Numbers
I don’t know why I didn’t do this before. But I’m glad I’m doing it now. It takes a lot of money to make more money. But I think it’s necessary these days to have more than one income stream. If you’d have told me I had to save $25k to earn $100 dollars a

The Windfall
I’m all over the place. I had a “week off” from work. In actuality I took paid time off to go work more. This gave me a not-insignificant windfall of additional funds. It also distracted me, took up all of my time, and I forgot to purchase any stocks last week. Luckily all of the

The Threshold
In January of last year I wrote about earning over $1,000 dollars in beer money income. Side income. Money outside of my regular job. Today I have earned almost $19,000 on the side. I have invested that money with the goal of earning $100 dollars a month in passive income. It has taken both a

The Housekeeping
The plan is working. I haven’t hit all of my income goals, but I’ve been very successful with others. I probably won’t earn $1,000 dollars churning. I definitely won’t earn $2,000 doing online surveys and tasks this year. A far cry from last year where a substantial amount of my beer money income (outside of
2026 GOALS AND MILESTONES
| $200/month from dividends |
| $50,000 total invested |
| $5,000 earned from trading stocks |
| $1,000 earned from online surveys and tasks |
| $1,000 earned churning |
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CURATED RESOURCES
Dividend Investing Strategies for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Building Passive Income
Learn how to build passive income and grow wealth with beginner-friendly dividend investing strategies that focus on consistency, diversification, and long-term growth.
Dividend Diplomats
Two 30 something’s blogging about investing, frugality, passive income and reinvesting dividends for financial freedom.
Dividend Growth Investor
A long term buy and hold investor who focuses on dividend growth stocks.
Doctor Of Credit
Bank account and credit card bonuses.
Financial Independence Flow Chart
A good, general guide for how to allocate additional savings.
Source: r/financialindependence
r/Beermoney
A community for people to discuss online money-making opportunities.




