My 2016 Diary of impulse control and staying on a strict budget.

Emzilla

Another subscriber

Best of luck for 2016.

Emz xx

chanie

Good luck on your new diary.

Just had a thought - could you rent out some of your veg garden to someone looking to grow their own, as a way to make extra money?

When_the_going_gets_tough

Good luck with it all Steph. With all the debt busting dont undervalue all that you do in your home and on the small holding.

mummytogirls

Happy new diary Steph! I've subscribed xx

Buffythedebtslayer

Hello Steph XXXXX

1. Can you temp? through an agency?

2. Like the veg plot renting idea.

3. baby sitting service? as in sign up to an agency (CRB check neccessary - also good for any school related job)

4. Not any school your kids go to but is there a place you could work like a library? Nursery? school? (thinking shorter/part time hours)

5. Finally my best friend works for a large supermarket. She doesn't love it but it pays ok and is flexible to a point.

6. Offering cleaning - like you were doing?

maggiem

Subscribed too. Fingers crossed 2016 is the year for you.

The job thing is hard - I know you can make some lovely things but often when you cost time as well actually the level of return isn't great. However you have some great skills, the beauty treatments and I think you were talking about trying to become a podiatrist too.

Think Buffy has a point though, if there was a large store near enough to you part time regular hours would give you an income whereas self employment is less consistent. Good luck with whatever you decide to try

StressedSteph

Evening all


Thanks so much for you all finding my new diary and giving me lots to think about.


I will look into contact some temping agencies and see what options are open to me. I used to work at Sainsbobs in the evenings years ago, but they were never overly flexible with dropping shifts etc but times may have changed. Slight annoyance that the nearest large supermarket is 10 miles away but worth exploring.


My B&B cleaning job will start again once their bookings heat up in the spring, that was about £25-£30 per week. Doesn't solve many problems but its a start.


I looked into Podiatry but it involves 3 years at a far away uni so just not feasible with young children.


I could potentially look at renting out some of the veg plot although think that would be only for a tiny amount.


Would love to be able to make something that made me money but I am the same as a million other people out there and with less talent.


I have spent the WHOLE day setting out my new YNAB budget, fine tuning and have managed to log onto my 6....Yes 6 credit card accounts. I have just done a successful balance transfer from my Virgin card to my Barclaycard.
This is fab news as Virgin were getting very snippy about the amount of my payments and were threatening a default on my credit file. So I feel very relieved about that.


That's the update so far. I have some of my craft makes that I am going to try and sell on Ebay & Etsy as a tester to see if they sell. Fingers Crossed. xxx

hign10pines

Just finished reading your previous thread and subscribed to the new thread with great interest.

I have just started using YNAB and so far loving it, what were the changes you mentioned where coming today? I literately got it yesterday. Don't think I'll bother with getting nYNAB I don't fancy paying a monthly/yearly fee.

mummytogirls

Do you have a horse Steph? Just wandered if you had stables and if you could rent those out? x

wantabetterlife

Wishing you all the luck in the world Steph and am looking forward to following you on the last leg of your journey :j:j