Category Archives: Side Hustles

Common side hustles will often include work in the Gig Economy. These can be app-based services such as DoorDash, Uber, or GoPuff. Other options may be developing apps for Apple and Android devices, or creating eBooks and stationary to sell on Amazon. Further opportunities are available in closed-captioning work, AI prompt designer, completing surveys, playing games for cash, and In-Home Product Testing (iHUT).

Investing

Investing game

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I always look forward to Monday after the weekend. The opening of the stock market is always exciting. The pre-market trading can be intense and sometimes hectic.

My biggest potential loss today has been Adamis Pharma (ADMP). It dropped to $0.33 in the pre-market after they got a denial letter from the FDA. I’ve got 420 shares over at SoFi.

I almost bought a share of Moderna on the vaccine news but decided to hold my cash for DoorDash’s IPO.

I have received the funds from my Coinbase account and will be buying 50 shares each of Ford (F) and AMC Theaters (AMC). I will also strengthen my positions in dividend-bearing stocks.

Over on Webull I just have the marijuana stocks currently. It’s all red currently but I can wait a bit.

Investing

My current portfolio

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I have reduced the number of apps I use for day trading to simplify my daily schedule. I used to use 10 different brokerage apps, now I just use 6 and I will be trimming that down to 4 eventually.

Right now I’ve got mostly marijuana stocks held in my Webull app. Dividend earning shares in Sofi and a single share of Apple over at Robinhood. I am using FirstTrade for the OTC market: JCPenny, SoftBank, and Japan Airlines. TradeUp is running a special where you guess if the market will be up or down, I’ve earned $26 since October.

Due to the pandemic and my unforeseen stint in jail, I had to make some big decisions as to the future of my business. I have been mining Litecoin (LTC) since 2013 but with lowered prices and high energy costs, I couldn’t keep it up. Even after receiving the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), I had to give it up.

So recently I liquidated all of the business’ crypto holdings and moved the funds to Charles Schwab. The business is now shifting to holding crypto-related stocks and dividend companies.

The business should get around $200-$300 a year in dividends from the investments. Personally, my own investments will bring in $360-$500 yearly. Maybe a bit more as I transfer shares from my former employer ESPP and close the HSA plan.

Together I’ll have $14k in Sofi and $3k in Charles Schwab and Webull should have about $2.5k.

If you head over to my Site pages I’ve got some useful links to get started on investing.

Deals, Gaming, Investing

Swagbucks update

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I am up to 44,475 lifetime SB. I recently finished spending a $250 Amazon GC that I had redeemed from Swagbucks.

I mostly play games or sign up for banking apps. I just finished playing Chief Almighty. Did it in 22 days and received 1,464 SB on a 2x offer from REVNU. I also completed a new game called Battle Night on AdGem. That one got me 720 SB and I did it in 4 days.

I’ll take a short break from gaming to focus on my investments. The next game on my list is State of Survival, either on AdGem or OfferToro depending on whichever gets doubled first.

On the investments, I have compiled a list of stocks that pay nice dividends. I’m calling it my Golden List and it is mostly monthly paying dividends. I’ll put up a site page for the list to show my earnings over time.

Check out the Referral Master List for ways to get free stocks.

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Party tree

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We’re just getting things sorted out for Bilbo & Frodo birthday this year. The foods have all been chosen from recipes found in the Lord of the Rings Online game.

Throughout the day we take turns reading favorite passages from the book’s.

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Dieting time

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I’ve been thinking for a long time that I want to lose some weight but I never really stuck to any plan. My recent stay in jail gave me the time to come to a decision. I had nothing to do in solitary for over a month other than exercising in my cell.

I looked up weight loss supplements and medicine and decided on the following items.

CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid): 3 pills a day

Persimmon Leaf Tea: 1 cup a day

Raspberry Ketones: 2 capsules a day

Fish Oil (Omega-3): 3 pills a day

Apple Cider Vinegar: 2 tsp. a day

I am totally unable to swallow pills, so I will be sucking the oil out of the caps and mixing the powders in a drink.

I’ll be doing mostly Ab exercises as I do want to build some muscle. I may also do some weight lifting for my arms. But otherwise, It’ll just be aerobic workouts and bicycling.

I currently weigh 173 lbs. and my goal is 155 lbs. Its not a big difference since I do want to keep some muscle mass in my upper body. I figure a lot of my weight is in my thighs which are thick with muscles from cycling.

I wish the bathroom scale could tell me how much each part of my body weighs individually.

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No Dice

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Just recently, Snickers had a giveaway for a new flavor, “Peanut Brownie.”

Like many, I had the giveaway page bookmarked and was ready the day of the offer. Alas, no dice, I was unable to secure a box of this treasure.

They were only giving away 1000 boxes, so I knew my chances were slim.

I had 3 internet browsers open to the page and hit the refresh button on each and had my auto-fill ready, but I could not stand against the tide, it seems.

I can remember reading on a blog that a previous limited edition Snickers pecan bar had gone for a high price on eBay.

So I went to check if this one was being listed, and oh boy, what a loss.

Maybe I’ll have better luck next time.

Deals

Swagbucks: DoorDash Offer

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I just did a Swagbucks offer for DoorDash while at work.

I ordered a large strawberry milkshake with extra whipped cream for around 10 bucks, with the fees.

I received 2,000 SB for the purchase. It even arrived 20 minutes earlier than the app suggested it would.

With this latest offer and various other ones, I am now up to 22,500 SB in my balance.

That is $225 in potential gift cards. Perhaps more if I get them on a discount.

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Long Game

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I got an email from the Long Game debit card folks. They’ve decided to nerf the free accounts and add a monthly fee.

There will be two other tiers depending on card use, but the requirements are rather excessive. It might be worth it if they had a competitive cash-back program or other rewards.

I received my Robinhood Debit card today.

It looks great, though I likely won’t use it. Any money spent would be taken away from what I have available to invest.

I completed the Current card offer in Drop and got a 50-dollar Amazon gift card. I also got drowned in spam after trying to complete the Even Financial loan offer.

The darn thing kept sending me to different payday loan sites, and each one sent me junk texts and calls. It’s all going to my business email/phone and has become a real headache.

Investing

Cash-out

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I just withdrew my cashback from the Pei app. I chose to withdraw my funds as Bitcoin and sent them to my new Blockfi account. I previously sent some Ethereum that I got from the Long Game app, and I can already see some interest accruing. I decided to take my interest from Blockfi in Litecoin, which I am very fond of.

I have around $36.50 in cashback from Pei, mostly from shopping but some from referrals. I also have most of my funds from when I was mining as a business still sitting on Coinbase. I may move those funds over at some point.

Deals, Gaming

Update

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Been so busy I haven’t had time to make a proper post.

Offers

I signed up for the Current debit card. You can get 55k points by signing up through the Drop app.

I was also able to open a Blockfi account to transfer the Ethereum I earned from the Long Game debit card account I previously enrolled in. Blockfi earns you interest on crypto held in the account.

DDO

In DDO, my favor guy is just past 2600 favor. I am worried I may have skipped too much and will miss the 5k mark come level 19. My reaper toons are still alive, though I have many close calls due to all the lag on the Hardcore Server.

Lastly, I have got a bunch of stars from the Starbucks game currently running.