If you look on the side bar to the right of my blog, you will see I've listed "Creatively Building Our $1,000 Emergency Fund". Here I am listing all of the creative ways in which we're making money for this fund. I update this as money is deposited into our emergency fund.
In one day we made an additional $40.96 to deposit into this account. It is possible to start building your emergency fund quickly - you just have to be willing to be creative and put in some time and effort!
Here is a breakdown of this week's deposits:
1. On Wednesday I sold $7 in items through our local Swap & Sell site. I do not arrange a meet up unless I'm already on my way to run errands. This saves on fuel.
2. While at the grocery store on Tuesday I used the Coin Star machine and received $13.37 in cash from our change jar. Make sure you have a change jar and keep putting your coins in it - even pennies you find on the ground. I'm telling you, these add up! Our change jar was empty last month and it wasn't even full when I cashed in this week. I got over $13 out of it!
3. Our bank has a rewards program through our checking account. We get cashback when we shop with certain companies that we'd normally shop at anyway. I received $6 this week.
4. I made $14.59 in Ebay sales on Thursday. I still have items with active bids, so this is just my initial profit!
All of this equals $40.96 in ONE day! I'm pretty excited, especially with the decluttering that is also taking place during this process.
Some tips:
1. Take time to list your items you'd like to sell, and make it look professional. Be honest, and thorough in your listings. Your customers will greatly appreciate it. Be courteous as well. I have many repeat customers both through Ebay and Swap & Sell.
2. Don't underestimate value of your "junk". There are items you own that someone else will love. Some items I really didn't think would sell were the first ones I'd hear an offer on!
3. Start rummaging your house and vehicles for change! You never know how much money is just laying around. Put them in a jar and cash in the next time you're out.
Our Ebay site: Mountaintop Bookseller
That is an impressive amount for one day! You are really going strong on this task! I imagine you will meet your goal in no time at all!
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I have had our emergency fund (we decided at a $2000 level) and haven't touched it since we fully funded it. It has been close to 3 years now! Still paying off student loan debt and then it will be onto fully funding the emergency fund! It is amazing how aware you become with your money by going through this process you are doing! Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Amanda! It is encouraging to see others going through the same process. Thank you for that :) I'm looking forward to reaching our goal, and then going beyond it!
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