{"id":2055,"date":"2012-01-04T08:20:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T08:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennygolightly.com\/\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:29:48","slug":"jump-start-january-personal-finance-week-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennygolightly.com\/jump-start-january-personal-finance-week-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump Start January: Personal Finance Week: Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Day Four I thought it would be good to look at a few (legal) ways to make a little extra money<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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I specifically mean extra cash on top of, and different from, your usual day job. The reason for doing this is that wages aren’t keeping pace with inflation, and far fewer of us will be able to get a promotion or better-paying job this year. In other words our spare cash is drying up, our standard of living is being eroded, and earning more to make up the shortfall through the standard routes is trickier than it used to be.<\/p>\n

Now, you could start moonlighting, doing the same stuff as your day job, but most employers don’t like this and you don’t want to compromise or lose your main source of income. For most people it makes more sense to find other ways to earn.<\/p>\n

Today I’ll be writing up a basic plan to earn a little spare cash throughout the year, and committing to recording my progress at the end of each month over in the new Extra, Extra!<\/a> section of the site.<\/p>\n

I will be getting on with the following:<\/p>\n