I love a good money making challenge, and having just come back from our wedding and honeymoon, I am on a mission to not only declutter, but to also make a whole heap of money! With that in mind, I have decided to attempt my biggest challenge yet, to try to earn an extra £2,000 in a month.
That is £2,000 on top of my wages and any guaranteed income. As I type this I am feeling a little apprehensive, but also excited about what I might achieve. I know it will take a lot of hard work – I have been earning extra money online for almost 10 years, so I do have the advantage of some established relationships that will bring in some extra work. I have also spent the last few days of June getting things in place to help me out throughout July.
What if I fail
I would love to smash my £2,000 target – what’s the point in setting it as a goal if I don’t achieve it? What if I only make £1,000 extra? Is anyone going to grumble at an extra £1,000? I certainly won’t be! Nothing major will happen if I don’t meet this target.
How I’m going to do it
Pennies make pounds! This challenge is about striking the balance with the websites I use to make extra money – there is little point spending hours earning pennies. I plan to use everything I have already written about on From Aldi To Harrods:
- Various survey websites including Prolific Academic,
- Testing websites with WhatUsersDo
- Doing tasks and completing offers with Swagbucks, ClixSense, Gift Hunter Club and Instagc
- Selling DVDs and CDs to Zapper, Music Magpie and Ziffit
- Selling other items at car boot sales, on eBay and on Facebook
And lots more!
I’ll be reporting my progress on a dedicated challenge thread. Come and join in!
Support me
So you’d like to help me along my journey throughout July? That’s great, thank you!
I can use all the encouragement I can get, so you can comment below, send me a tweet or visit me on Facebook to send some encouragement. Be sure to follow me on Instagram as I’ll be posting lots of photographs of my progress throughout July.
{EyelinerFlicks} (@EyelinerFlicks) says
WoW, Now that is a challenge!! Sounds like it could be both stressful AND fun though.
I can’t wait to hear how it all goes and thanks for sharing some ideas too
Gillian xx EyelinerFlicks
Emma says
Definitely a bit of stress, but having the extra money would be amazing!
Katy Stevens says
I’m going for the same amount – best of luck to us both! WE CAN DO IT!
Emma says
I sense a race in the making xx
Angela Webster says
Good luck I’m sure you will smash it !
Emma says
Thank you Angela! I’m going to give it my best shot.
Sarah says
Good luck, you can do it!!
Emma says
Thanks Sarah! Are you joining in?
Sarah says
Thinking about it! Might have to hold off until the August challenge though.
I’m excited to see how you do with this!
Lea says
What a challenge, good luck! I need £150 extra this month just to get by – car trouble For me even that amount feels impossible x
Emma says
You can do it! That’s just 10 x £15! Good luck!
Victoria @thefrugaltrial says
Good luck Emma, that’s an inspirational challenge!!
Congratulations on wedding btw
rebecca says
Good luck with this, I look forward to seeing how you achieve it
misseb says
I should just congratulate you now.
You can do it. You will.
And even if you don’t, congrats on giving it a go, on believing that you can. x
Emma says
Hey misseb, I’m so glad you commented! I read your blog ages ago and I’ve been meaning to look it up again! I’ve just had a read of some of your latest posts and you’ve been doing really well!
Emma