Tag: <span>making money</span>

Crafting Success: Profitable Ideas For Kids To Sell At Craft Fairs

My daughter started tagging along with me to craft fairs this past year, and I think she’s hooked.  Ms. Tornado is excited about earning and saving up money.  In anticipation of attending more craft fairs this year, we have been researching different products for her to make and sell.  Craft …

Closing Out 2023 & Exciting Plans For The New Year

Happy New Year from Our Kaleidoscope Homestead!  We hope your holiday season was filled with joy and happy memories, and that you’re feeling refreshed and motivated for the wonderful year ahead of us.  The past few months have been very busy for us, and we have a couple of very …

Announcing: Two New Resources For Better Work-Life Balance

Greetings from our homestead! In the near decade since this blog was born, I’ve worked diligently to achieve better balance between work and so many other passions. Now, I have two ways to share some of my acquired skills and knowledge with everyone.   As a New Years’ gift, I …

My New, Super-Easy Side Hustle, That Really Pays!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted about side hustles on this site, but we’re still always looking for ways to earn extra money.  Frugal living only goes so far towards our dream of financial semi-independence.  The other essential part of our plan is finding many different streams of income, …

Monday Medley: Updates, Holidays, and Kaleidoscope Homestead Progress

Time for an update on our progress in Creating Our Kaleidoscope of a life: even though our family is mostly settled into the new home, there is still more work to be done towards our next goal of financial semi-independence.     The Holidays We just hosted Thanksgiving for our …

Maintaining Momentum After Achieving Big Goals

It can be tempting at times, to focus on your accomplishments, and decide that you’ve done enough.  We have been working so hard for the past decade.  After paying off our debt and moving to the forever homestead, it’s been difficult to resist the lure of celebration, relaxing, and letting …

The Journey To Our Forever Homestead

Finally closing on our forever homestead felt like so much more than just buying a house, because it represented an arrival at the destination we had been dreaming of through a long journey.  From paying off debt and being surprised by twins, to surviving a pandemic, this milestone has been …

Things To Do While Waiting For Your Dream Home

After years of hard work, and surviving pandemic quarantine with five kids in a 1,300 square foot home . . . We are finally ready to move into our forever homestead!  There is a down payment in the bank and we have our mortgage preapproval letters.  The next step is …

Bar Exam Tutor: An Awesome Side Hustle For Attorneys

For the past couple of years I’ve been mentioning my “bi-annual tutoring side hustle.” I couldn’t say much more because it would have given away my occupation. As everyone now knows that I’m a lawyer, I can tell you more about one of my favorite (and most lucrative) side hustles. …

The Other Option: How To Climb The Career Ladder To A Promotion

In the FIRE community, there is a lot of emphasis on side hustles.  Sometimes referred to as moonlighting, this extra work can help you earn more money towards your goals of paying off debt and/or reaching early retirement.  However, another way to increase your income and achieve your goals quicker …