Learning to walk before I run

Suffolk_lass

edinburgher said:

£3.69 OPed. I feel like a really boring secret agent buying my time back

Survey earnings look good today, I should be able to make at least $40, but will need to balance with the demands of my real job. Initial plan is skive off for an hour this morning and work an hour late this evening + work through my lunch and ask Mrs E to make me a quick sandwich. Not ideal but I'm feeling the joys of spring, the house is clean and the sun is out.

*Edit: $60 earned, my eyes are melting with tedium Back to work for a rest.

You really aren't selling these surveys. I tried it for three months, and my experience was similar. I found my slightly unusual shopping habits ruled me out of so many consumer-type surveys and the minimum number of points took ages to creep up to £20 of big river vouchers. So I stopped. It may not pay me, but my studies are much more interesting, absorbing, and keep me from buying things I don't need. $60 is almost tempting though...

edinburgher

@Suffolk_lass- I'd say Prolific et al are entirely different from the usual consumer stuff. Mere pennies of my Prolific stuff is directly identifiable consumer surveys, although no doubt the AI stuff is all feeding a giant LLM somewhere to ultimately make money.

As a non-retired person with young kids, I don't have time for "studies" (interests and the like), but I can find time for "studies" that help me fight off cost of living challenges!

$26 and £3 or so today, almost all from Prolific. My total for the month is IRO £265, waiting patiently for Friday to see.

£4.34 OPed.

edinburgher

$40 from AI surveys tonight, off to bed now as cream crackered!

Forgot to make an OP, will make a larger one tomorrow.

KajiKita

I am admiring your persistence and results with the surveys. I seem to be excluded from so many … 🤷‍♀️

KK

edinburgher

@KajiKita - thank you The money is rewarding, but it's a bit of a slog.

• $20.24 from studies today, $20 of which was from Prolific after a survey that I had mentally written off paid out
• £8.68 OPed
• Mrs E now officially promoted, 5% pay rise effective from April.
  

Grocery shopping done, car filled up with petrol, work week finished. ZzzzZzz

CCW007

Nice when you get paid for a survey you don't think you will.  Good news on Mrs E promotion. 

LadyWithAPlan

Great news re the promotion for your OH and you are becoming survey king 

Suffolk_lass

Have a good, restful, and enjoyable weekend. We plan to (assuming he is home later today). Thank you for popping by with your support

edinburgher

Thank you SL, we're enjoying the fact the weather has perked up a bit

Here's hoping for a homecoming.

On a totally unrelated note, £2 cashback on £5 spend at TCB today for anyone who uses it.

Month end musings coming later, cuddling with DD2 at the mo 

edinburgher

Drum roll please..... (get your lists ready)

Month end figures are in and the scores on the doors are I broke even?!?

• Home equity up by the highest amount in 10 months - apparently OPs do something?
• DB pension up by c. £2,000
• SIPPs down by c. £2,000
• Debt and cash on hand both up massively because of money transfer

Despite a rather bland outcome, I am chalking this month up as a win, various things I'm pleased with.

• The aforementioned return of OPs
• YNAB (a better measure of walking around money?) shows us £1,300 up for the month
• 2nd month of walking around NW increase after 4 months of falls
• Many budget lines ended the month in a surplus
• We're keeping cash on hand for celebrations that usually end up coming from our Grocery budget. £200 and rising. 'Mon the Easter

Today's financial activity was fun, I got to rip into a month of survey earnings

• £262.35 withdrawn from Prolific and Connect, £50 still to come from Y Live
• £55.10 set aside for tax
• £15.76 paid into my SIPP (6% rounded up to the next number that multiplies by 4)
• £4.33 OPed
• £2.20 cashack from TCB (bought a £5 Just Eat voucher with some left over pocket money)
• £2.42 cashback from Chase

Feeling cautiously optimistic about March:

• No Council Tax
• £50 to come from Y Live
• Feed in Tariff reading due tomorrow
• I start the month with nearly £400 in pocket money, no idea what I'll spend that on

It's a mini money party.