
How I Make Working From Home Work For Me
One phrase I often hear is “Oh, you are so lucky to be able to work from home. I would LOVE that.” The other phrase I hear is the exact...

It’s Been One Year Since I Quit My Job For Self-Employment
Not a great picture, but it’s one of the only pictures I have from my trips in the past year that has me in it. My official last day at...

$15,272 in September Online Income – Outsourcing and Passive Income
Background information on my monthly income reports. This all started out as my extra income report because before October of 2013, I...

How To Become Financially Stable and Keep The Job You Love
Someone even tweeted me yesterday and told me that while they liked my story, that it’s just not realistic. I even had a friend tell me...

How I’m a Work-Life Balancing Master
I’ve always had a lot of things going on in my life and I’ve learned to become a work-life balancing master. In high school, I took a...

Dare To Be Disappointed
Hello everyone! Today I have a post written by my blog friend Brent. He writes over at Vosa.com. Enjoy! Select all. Delete. This was what...

4 Common Mistakes Made By The Self-Employed
No, I’m definitely not an expert but I do know a little bit about owning businesses and running them since that’s all I did when I had my...

$14,937 in July – My Highest Income Month
It’s that time of the month again. It’s time to look at my monthly income report and track my progress over the past month. This all...

Confession: I Let Money Control My Life
The other day someone told me it’s impossible for a personal finance blogger to not worry about money. They were saying I should be...

Would You Rather Work For Less Money Or More Money?
My question today though is a little different. Would you follow your passion if it meant you were to make less money? Or would you...

Update: Nine Months of Being Self-Employed
That means it’s been around 9 months since I left my day job to pursue full-time freelancing. It feels like it’s been much longer than...

Interview With My Sister, FITnancials, Plus $250 Giveaway
Her blog is FITnancials and I helped her start her blog last year. She blogs about healthy living and personal finance. If you are...

How To Know If Freelance Blogging Is Right For You
If you’re a regular reader of Making Sense of Cents, you may know how Michelle went from making money on the side to quitting her job and...

Ways To Make Pennies, Hundreds or Thousands A Month By Blogging
My monthly online income reports that I publish (where I show everyone how I make over $30,000 a month blogging) each month are some of...

My Business Plans For The Future As An Online Freelancer
A question that I am asked a lot is what my business plan for the future is. Some are just curious, whereas others don’t see my current...

What I Don’t Miss About My Day Job
I won’t lie. My day job wasn’t the worst thing on earth, but I knew it wasn’t for me. When I first started going to college, I thought I...

What To Think About Before You Start A Blog
$30,000 a month blogging so this, of course, leads to many blogging questions. The other day I received a question from a reader who...

The Undeniable Perks of Location Independence – I Made $21K In May
I’ve always known I wanted to travel. New Zealand was a wonderful country to grow up in, but by the time I was a teenager I was ready for...

Unplanned Road Trip Planning As A Freelancer With Dogs Part 2
This will probably be a 10 to 14 day road trip. This is nothing crazy, but it is more than what we usually do. Some of you who are truly...
















