On July 22, 2013 I was 28 years old and I published WTF is this Stock Market Thing? (Step 1). (You totally don’t have to click that link. It’s not a very good post.) For the last 2815 days, seven and a half years, I’ve posted at least three times a week. For several years…
Coming up on 4 years of blogging soon and I’m happier than ever that I started blogging in 2013. Last month brokeGIRLrich brought in $667.10 and I made $315 from freelance writing – opportunities that come 100% out of starting this blog. For the majority of the last year, I’ve been averaging a little over…
Have you been daydreaming of ways to get you out of the daily grind? Are you brainstorming how to bring in other streams of revenue to give you more freedom? If so, you may have the necessary drive to join one of the fastest growing job sectors in the United States: freelancing. Per a 2014…
This post contains affiliate links. When I first started brokeGIRLrich three and a half years ago, it took me about 4 months to make any money. And man oh man, was I excited about that 0.01 commission from Google AdSense – not that it paid out that month since the minimum was $100 to receive…
In college, my parents were horrified when I said I wanted to major in theater. I was actually forbidden from doing it, so I just quietly double majored while they didn’t pay any attention to where their money was going. Mentally, I think I was prepared for a Plan B from the get-go. I’ve maintained…
Side hustlers aren’t born overnight – in most cases. In my opinion, they’re often birthed out of frugal overload and even then, it can take a lot of tries to get it right. After I hit my frugality limits trying to pay off student loans, it was time to figure out how to bring in…
When you poke around the internet trying to find side hustles to bring in a little extra money, one of the top hits you’ll find is advice to start a blog. This is probably because you are actually reading someone’s blog, so they’ve actually done it and are speaking from experience. Blogging can be a…
Here at brokeGIRLrich, we’re all about new ways to bring in some more dough. From the more outlandish (like online gambling) to the ones I’ve personally had a lot of success with (blogging), there are more ways to make a little extra money than most people are aware of. While none are a 100% guarantee…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am a stage manager and lighting director for a touring children’s theater show called Clifford the Big Red Dog Live! I make $700 a week and get a $30 per diem for each travel day. I pay no rent and have about $210 in monthly bills.…
Yesterday I was out eating dinner with one of my cast members and I told her about my mini money challenge and how I wasn’t exactly nailing it – trying to live entirely off your per diem is something that a lot of folks do, so I learned she was trying to do the same…
A weird and interesting thing that this generation has to think about that others have not is what you want done with your online presence when you die. Most of us, though not all, have some forms of social media from Facebook to Twitter to Instagram. In your death prep, have you considered what you…
A blog hop (or a link up – they’re synonyms) is sort of like a post party hosted on someone’s website on a certain day every week. The blog hops usually have a core group of people that attend them regularly and read and comment on the other posts. They’ll often promote them on social…