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Avoid the Drive Time & Long Waits!
I consistently notice that people waste a lot of gas and time going to places they don't need to go to, and waiting in lines they could simply avoid. There's so many services that will either deliver to your door, or pick up from your home that are either free of charge, or well-worth the convenience that they're impossible to pass up!
Post Office:
If you have a computer, debit/credit card, and access to a printer, you can pay for and print all your postage at home and have your mail man pick up your package free of charge!
You can also get FREE flat rate priority envelopes and boxes from the post office delivered DIRECTLY to your door! With the flat rate priority envelopes and boxes, if it's under 50 lbs, it ships for a flat rate. I almost NEVER pay for mailers anymore, and getting new mailers is as simple as putting in an online order on their site. They'll gladly ship the materials to you for FREE!
Amazon.com:
After having free Amazon Prime for a year, I'm looking to purchase it for myself. Being able to have anything I ordered delivered in 2 days or less for FREE was unbelievably convenient. Especially since Amazon sells WAY more than just books and movies. I recently bought a QUEEN SIZED memory foam mattress off the site for $250!!! Along with my platform bed for $150!!! I would've had to go to every sale's floor around to find deals like this, and THEN hoped they'd ship it for FREE to make it even worth my time.
Movies:
If you like indulging in the movie theater, then purchasing your tickets online is a MUST. No longer do you have to wait in long lines trying to get your ticket in time before the show starts. Check out sites like fandango.com and amctheaters.com. When you're ready to pick up, there'll be a separate kiosk for you to pick-up your tickets.
Or you can always sign up for netflix's and have movies delivered straight to your door, or watch them online through a PS3, Wii, or on your computer.
Post Office:
If you have a computer, debit/credit card, and access to a printer, you can pay for and print all your postage at home and have your mail man pick up your package free of charge!
You can also get FREE flat rate priority envelopes and boxes from the post office delivered DIRECTLY to your door! With the flat rate priority envelopes and boxes, if it's under 50 lbs, it ships for a flat rate. I almost NEVER pay for mailers anymore, and getting new mailers is as simple as putting in an online order on their site. They'll gladly ship the materials to you for FREE!
Amazon.com:
After having free Amazon Prime for a year, I'm looking to purchase it for myself. Being able to have anything I ordered delivered in 2 days or less for FREE was unbelievably convenient. Especially since Amazon sells WAY more than just books and movies. I recently bought a QUEEN SIZED memory foam mattress off the site for $250!!! Along with my platform bed for $150!!! I would've had to go to every sale's floor around to find deals like this, and THEN hoped they'd ship it for FREE to make it even worth my time.
Movies:
If you like indulging in the movie theater, then purchasing your tickets online is a MUST. No longer do you have to wait in long lines trying to get your ticket in time before the show starts. Check out sites like fandango.com and amctheaters.com. When you're ready to pick up, there'll be a separate kiosk for you to pick-up your tickets.
Or you can always sign up for netflix's and have movies delivered straight to your door, or watch them online through a PS3, Wii, or on your computer.
Diversified Income: And how it could save your life.
I remember when I turned 18 and my parents started after me to get a job. I stayed with that company for a few months, but then started to apply to other places and eventually got hired by another company. My Mother didn't agree with me switching jobs so quickly. She's a part of the "baby boomer" generation. A generation that believes that you should stay at a job for the rest of your life, and that that company will take care of you like family.
The problem with that logic is that in the economic reality of today's dead-end, minimum wage jobs loyalty to one company will ultimately just screw you over. Eventually someone younger, more educated, or in some cases, more experienced will come along and oust you out of your position. Or in this "Great Recession" we're currently facing, your job will disappear overnight.
You can't trust that you'll be working tomorrow, which is a scary thought for almost anyone today. Financial Gurus will tell you that you need to "save, save, save." But this won't alleviate your financial issues if you run out of your savings before you can find a job.
This is why I believe in "diversified income."
Diversified income is a concept where your income doesn't come from one primary source, or you have multiple streams of supplemental income on top of your primary income. This could be as simple as someone having 2 jobs. Or as complex as someone selling their crocheted baby booties on online, working at an office as a secretary during the week, and then pick up side shifts at restaurant on the weekends and occasionally tutor local kids in the evenings.
The pace sounds exhausting, but it's something that anyone with good time management skills can achieve regardless of physical disabilities. Someone in a wheelchair can sell on eBay, write for a magazine, and babysit their neighbor's kids.
Financial Gurus will tell you, never invest in any one portion of the market otherwise you could find yourself at an extreme disadvantage should it crash. (EX: Stock Market, Housing Bubble, etc.) By diversifying your investments, you'll never truly lose. Thus, buy diversifying your income, you'll never truly lose.
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The problem with that logic is that in the economic reality of today's dead-end, minimum wage jobs loyalty to one company will ultimately just screw you over. Eventually someone younger, more educated, or in some cases, more experienced will come along and oust you out of your position. Or in this "Great Recession" we're currently facing, your job will disappear overnight.
You can't trust that you'll be working tomorrow, which is a scary thought for almost anyone today. Financial Gurus will tell you that you need to "save, save, save." But this won't alleviate your financial issues if you run out of your savings before you can find a job.
This is why I believe in "diversified income."
Diversified income is a concept where your income doesn't come from one primary source, or you have multiple streams of supplemental income on top of your primary income. This could be as simple as someone having 2 jobs. Or as complex as someone selling their crocheted baby booties on online, working at an office as a secretary during the week, and then pick up side shifts at restaurant on the weekends and occasionally tutor local kids in the evenings.
The pace sounds exhausting, but it's something that anyone with good time management skills can achieve regardless of physical disabilities. Someone in a wheelchair can sell on eBay, write for a magazine, and babysit their neighbor's kids.
Financial Gurus will tell you, never invest in any one portion of the market otherwise you could find yourself at an extreme disadvantage should it crash. (EX: Stock Market, Housing Bubble, etc.) By diversifying your investments, you'll never truly lose. Thus, buy diversifying your income, you'll never truly lose.
Consent to Re-post: You may re-post this blog provided that: you re-post it in it's entirety only, you do may change or alter this work, and that you cite me (Cynthia Leigh) as the original author and link back to this blog.
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