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Shift from shifts, while shifting the clutter

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rawdinosaur
rawdinosaur Posts: 139 Forumite
edited 1 April 2019 at 3:23PM in Debt-free wannabe challenges
I'm unsure if this is the right place to post it, but I've had some great advice from the challenge boards before. As of today, I've been doing shift work for four years. Due to ever-changing sleep patterns, I've never got into a regular routine and am always putting things off until later or when I'm not so tired.

I've had an etsy shop for a while and though I've sold a few items, I'd like to dedicate more time to it and hopefully turn it into a regular income. I'd also like to declutter and make some extra cash selling old belongings online. Finally, since my shifts are all over the place I'm going to give myself a to-do list for things I'd like to get done in April rather than try to plan week-by-week.

I'm not in debt (other than student loans), but I'd always like to make more money and the less time I spend at work, the more time I can spend it doing things I want to do.

I hope you can all hold me accountable feel free to chime in if you're starting your own online business.

Business Goals
[ ] List 1 item a day on etsy (2/30)
[ ] Contact local shop about stocking my products
[ ] Write 4 blog posts (0/4)
[ ] Post 4 videos (0/4 - one filmed but not edited)
[ ] Post 8 times on instagram (0/8)

TOTAL MADE ON ETSY THIS MONTH: £0

Declutter Goals
[ ] List 2 items a day on ebay (0/60)
[ ] Complete the minimalism game - i.e get rid of 1 item on day 1, 2 on day 2 etc (1/465)

TOTAL MADE ON EBAY/ONLINE THIS MONTH: £0

Exercise Goals
[ ] Swim 4 miles (40/320 lengths)
[ ] 4 sessions at the gym (0/4)
[ ] Take 2 classes (0/2)
[ ] Stretch every day (0/30)

Sewing Goals
[ ] Sew something for my friend's new baby
[ ] Have a go sewing some scrunchies
[ ] Sew up my dog's toys

Holiday Goals
[ ] Book flights
[ ] Sort out weekend break away with mum
[ ] Visit local abbey

Fun goals
[ ] Read at least 6 books (0/6)
[ ] Take my dog walking to 2 new places (0/2)
[ ] Rent a bike to see if I want to purchase one

Zero waste goals
[ ] Bake some snacks
[ ] Use my own containers at the meat counter
[ ] No buying any more toiletries until I've used the ones I've got up
[ ] No unnecessary purchases - might possibly need a new bikini and a dress for a friend's wedding
[ ] Drop off crisp packets for recycling

Things I've been putting off
[ ] Sort out new contact lenses & sunglasses
[ ] Hoover car
[ ] Hang pictures
[ ] Fix broken cupboard door
[ ] Destroy old hard drives and take laptops to be recycled
Money made on etsy in April: £0
Money made on ebay in April: £0

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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,949 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Good luck :)
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
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