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Recent Earnings

Well, I have been thrilled with my progress lately. My April earnings were my best ever which was fantastic. I did have to work very hard for that and so this month is unlikely to be so good. I have already taken 3 days off (for my 40th birthday) and it is half term at the end of the month and my husband has some time off work. I would like to spend some of it doing family things as we get very little time together as even at the weekends we seem to be working.

The money I made has been used to pay off the credit card bill and I have enough saved to pay off the holiday that is on this months credit card. This means that I will now be able to start topping up the premium bonds so that we get together the money we need to pay off the mortgage. I did some rough calculations and worked out that if I continue to earn well we could end up being able to afford to pay off the mortgage in two years! I know some people think I should be looking at doing up the garden, improving the house and treating ourselves but looking at water features for gardens and things like that is not of interest to me at the moment. I am more concerned about getting the mortgage paid off and concentrating on saving towards retirement. At the moment all we have is two tiny pensions and one small one, government pensions if they still exist and a few shares. It will not be enough to keep us going and so we know that we will have to work hard if we want to have a decent income and really enjoy being retired. At the moment it is impossible to imagine not working, but I am hoping that we will have enough time and money that we can have some good holidays and experiences.

April Earnings

Pay to Blog - £30.00

Sponsored Blog Posts - £30.00

Writing - £1,515.20

Article Writing - £1,515.20

Other - £143.35

Amazon UK ebook sales - £23.92

Smashwords ebook sales - £52.62

Ebay Sales - £24.68

Amazon sales - £6.62

Quidco - £8.50

Link Sales - £27.00

Money found - £0.01

Making a Grand Total of £1688.55

This Week's Earnings

I have actually had a lot less work this week, but due to some money coming in from ebook sales, some higher paid jobs and payments form work that I did last week, I managed to make £446.42, which is fantastic. My totals now stand at :


11th - 17th March - £281 (-)
18th - 24th March - £77 (-£204)
25th - 31st March - £141 (-£344)
1st - 7th April - £475 (-£150)
8th - 14th April - £304 (-£127)
15th - 21st April - £475 (+£67)
22nd - 28th April - £446 (+232)

Having already paid off the credit card bill, it means that I can start saving up towards the holiday which will have to be paid off probably at the beginning of June. I will need £800 which does not seem too difficult a target considering how well I have done so far and the fact that we should have some money left after pay day to put towards it as well.

I have decided that I need to set some new targets, but I have not yet worked out how much. Once I have enough put by to pay off the holiday, I would like to start topping up the premium bonds. My next target would be to max them out as soon as possible. I will work out how much I need to do this, once I get the statements this month, as it will be determined by any winnings we receive. Then I will work out a deadline for topping them up so that I have something to aim for.

A Look Back

It has been a really busy week for me again. As well as doing lots of writing work I also managed to squeeze in time to do an interview for the Buy Here Pay Here website.

I have managed to transfer a lot of money this week as well, so I now have enough in my savings account to pay the outstanding credit card bill, when it is due at the beginning of next month. This is fantastic news.

I have surpassed my weekly earning target again this week with a fantastic £475 which matches my best week so far since I have been working on earning £40 a day. These are my updated results :

11th - 17th March - £281 (-)
18th - 24th March - £77 (-£204)
25th - 31st March - £141 (-£344)
1st - 7th April - £475 (-£150)
8th - 14th April - £304 (-£127)
15th - 21st April - £475 (+£67)

As you can see from the figures, it means that I am now £67 ahead of my target which is great news. I am hoping I will continue to surpass my targets though as that means that I will have some more money to put towards our holiday. In fact I have a secret plan to have a short break away this year as well as the main holiday if I earn enough. We will have to see what happens though as we need to pay for our other holiday first and then top up our premium bonds.

I had an interesting comment on this blog a while ago, asking how well I was doing with my doubling journey. Well in brief answer to that, I am no longer doing doubling. i am still keeping a note of my earnings since I started this blog though. If I was doubling I would have that money in a bank account somewhere or invested but because I am not it has gone in to the housekeeping! However, the total I have earned/made since starting this blog in February 2007 is £39,791, which is £6631 a year. It is not a huge amount compared to what other people earn, but considering I have had the luxury of being my own boss, working the hours I wish to and having precious time with my children, I am pleased with that!

Last Week's Earnings

I am aware I was very quiet on this blog last week. I was busy, which was great!. I surpassed my earning target too, which was great news. My progress so far is as follows:

11th - 17th March - £281 (-)
18th - 24th March - £77 (-£204)
25th - 31st March - £141 (-£344)
1st - 7th April - £475 (-£150)
8th - 14th March - £304 (-£127)

I am still a little behind schedule, but I am happy with last weeks progress and the fact that I am still owed money from work I did last week, so that will help me make my target this week. If I continue to do well, I could have my best ever month, earnings wise, since I started my business too, which would be extremely exciting.

Great Earning Progress!

Another week has ended and I have been working on my £281 a week goal for four weeks now. At the end of last week I applied for a selection of writing jobs and also advertised my services. As a result I got a lot of extra work in and My earnings were £475 which was fantastic. This means that I am coming close to making up for the weeks when I did not do so well:

11th-17th March - £281 (-)
18th - 24th March - £77(-£204)
25th - 31st March - £141 (-£344)
1st - 7th April - £475 (-£150)

It is great to be making up some ground on those weeks where I did not do so well, despite the fact that it was exhausting work!