
$12,747 in May – Beginning to Break Out My Business Income
May was a good month, but I do feel a little stuck. April was my best month ever, but I haven’t been increasing my income by very much,...

What To Do When You’re A Workaholic
Then even before that, I was working full-time as a retail manager, attending college as a double major (I was taking around 24 credits...

How To Gain Experience When You Have None
Whether it’s an entry level job, a new career you are looking to start, or something else, most job descriptions say something about how...

6 Reasons You’re Horrible At Saving Money
Anyway, as a personal finance blogger, I hear a lot about everyone else’s money stories. For the most part, I hear a lot of excuses for...

How I Knew I Couldn’t Continue Working For Someone Else
As most of you know, I left my day job last year and I now work for myself in my home. I quit in September of 2013 and my last day was in...

Three Skills You Need to Work on to Get Ahead That School Never Taught You
“I’m not worried about it. I’ll study for the exam on my one hour commute to school.” That was what I told my friend a few years back...

Is A College Degree a Waste If You’re Self-Employed?
As a reminder, I have three degrees – my undergraduate degrees are a B.S. in Business and a B.A. in Management. And then I also have a...

Reader Question: I’m Getting a Divorce
Over the past month or so, I have received quite a few Reader Questions. The readers below asked for my help, but they also asked if I...

How To Save Money By Bartering Services
Weddings are expensive, and since the very beginning I knew that I didn’t want to spend anywhere near the national average of $26,000 on...

$12,100 in March Business Income
March seemed like a busy month, but it didn’t live up to February even though there were three more days in March. In March of 2014, I...

Would You Move To A Completely New Place?
Last year here on Making Sense of Cents, I talked a lot about us buying a new home. However, I’m sure you’ve noticed that we have not...

The Problem With the Traditional 8 Hour Work Day
Harry started blogging about personal finance on his main site Your PF Pro a few years ago and enjoyed it so much that he started a...

Buying Blogs and Websites For Profit Part 1
Since November of 2013, I have bought two websites. I don’t seem to be the only one who has been buying websites recently though. Last...

Women’s Power Wednesdays
Hello! First off, I wanted to thank everyone who commented on my Monday post, Frugality And Ethics – When Is It Stealing. I plan on doing...

Ways To Make An Extra $1,000 A Month
One question I receive a few times each month from new readers is what they can do to make extra money each month, such as how to make...

Excuses You Use To Not Follow Your Passion
There are so many excuses that I hear each time, but I won’t lie – I used to tell myself the same or similar excuses all the time. I...

$13,454 in February Business Income – I Bought Another Website
My business income is finally starting to grow! In February of 2014, I made $15,474 in business income, before expenses. Before this...

9 Helpful Blogging Tips For New Bloggers
Many of my friends (and friends of friends) ask me a blogging question whenever they can, which is kind of funny. I never thought that...

My Average Day As A Self-Employed Person
Back in January, Cat published her article A Day In The Life: Self Employment Version, and it really made me want to do something...















