My "Out of the Rat Race" adventure.

Pooky

Fab plans! No news on my voucher yet - will chase again next week.

If you're crafty (as in can craft rather than cunningly crafty) then there's a big market for handmade stuff - as long as you can find your niche.

I'm sure you'll be raising double that amount once you put your minds into it.

There_Is_a_Light

Pooky wrote: »

Fab plans! No news on my voucher yet - will chase again next week.

If you're crafty (as in can craft rather than cunningly crafty) then there's a big market for handmade stuff - as long as you can find your niche.

I'm sure you'll be raising double that amount once you put your minds into it.

Unfortunately I have never made anything crafty in my life, apart from knitting a couple of baby cardigans when the boys were tiny.
What types of things do you think sell well? It may be a new skill I could acquire.

greent

Wow - great news that you have brought your date forward by 8 months!! Looking forward to following the countdown xx

Pooky

If your DH is good with the joinery side of things then maybe look into pyrography (burning images/text onto wood) it's good fun and a starter burner (looks like a soldiering iron) starts around a tenner. Lots of examples on Pinterest - people love personalised anything! Small items that can be posted out (you can set up an Etsy or Folksy shop to sell from) and selling via a FB page is easy and you can build a good client base as well as selling locally on FB boot fairs etc.

Pooky

Just a thought, have you looked at doing Airb&b too? Its on our list when our 2 move out. Luckily we're well placed for being on the way to the port so should be able to get some bookings.

User1489

Good diary TIAL, fun reading. Doing incredibly well to save £9k+ year to date!!!

There_Is_a_Light

Pooky wrote: »

Just a thought, have you looked at doing Airb&b too? Its on our list when our 2 move out. Luckily we're well placed for being on the way to the port so should be able to get some bookings.

Definitely something that could be considered. Not sure that where we live is any interest for holiday makers but we do live quite close to the coast and a couple of historical cities but everything is a drive away.

Mr Light would get a bit twitchy though, he is a stranger danger kinda guy:o

There_Is_a_Light

rasputin_thorpedo wrote: »

Good diary TIAL, fun reading. Doing incredibly well to save £9k+ year to date!!!

Thanks I shall be updating my signature for August on Tuesday with my progress for this month. Quite excited as I shall be over the £10k mark. The year is flying by since I started the challenge.

Pooky

My voucher email arrived this morning!

There_Is_a_Light

What a lovely sunny day. DS1 fancies a scoot around a local car boot sale so we are going to enjoy a morning bargain hunting and idea gathering. DS1 is on track to hit his FIRE target by aged 30-32 (subject to future pay increases) and we stayed up waaayyyyy too late last night discussing the possibilities of what to do after giving up full time work.

I love Yoga and he mentioned that a girl he knows trained as a yoga teacher for additional income during Uni and does local classes and individual yoga lessons at peoples homes. Quick google search and there are courses for around £1500 which certifies you to do this and the current Adult Le@rning Loan (used to be 24+) can be applied for. Really interested in the sound of that option.