Month: August 2022

I realized I forgot the last stream of revenue in my last post. This stream is nothing more than a trickle at this point, but I’m hoping it will grow rather substantial given enough time and watering.

The reason for the number of jobs I have is that I am socking away as much as possible into the market. This is roughly 10-20% of my net income. I began doing this in January of this year and have made decent progress. My income from the market right now is approximately $35 per month. This is about two orders of magnitude smaller than what I would like it to be, but you have to start somewhere.

I realize that using after tax dollars to invest in a non-tax advantaged account may not be the smartest move, but it gives me the amount of freedom I am looking for in trying to gain my financial independence.

For now, I’m doing my best to stick to dividend bearing stocks. By reinvesting the dividends, it’s helping the nest egg grow at roughly double the market average. Only time will tell if this plan works out or not, but for now, here’s hoping.

The Day Job

By day, and sometimes middle of the night, I am an IT contractor. I bill by the hour for helpdesk, system administrating, and software development. This makes answering my kids’ questions about how much I make rather complicated, as it depends on what it is I am doing at any given time what I am making per hour. This coupled with the intermittentness of doing break/fix computer work means that my monthly income can vary wildly. Enter, the side jobs.

The Part-Time Job

Getting paid once a month means that occasionally there is too much month at the end of my paycheck. To help even this out a bit I picked up a part-time job delivering pizzas. I make much less per hour doing this, but I get paid at the end of every shift. This helps keep gas in my car and milk in the fridge in between paychecks.

Side Gigs

Other miscellaneous income sources include occasionally helping a local landscaper on weekends and doing odd jobs for the owner of the building my office is in