Archive for October, 2009

How to make more money

Friday, October 30th, 2009

I read an interesting article onhow to make more money today. I had been thinking about the ways to increase my own marketability and this brought up a few ideas on what I need to do.

My biggest challenge is a lack of marketable skills. I don’t have the technical skills, experience, or education to be employed in a field I prefer. I am taking college courses to finish my degree while also learning programming, but my progress is slow going. Once I have sufficient resume fodder, I’m confident that I’ll be able to network and interview well to increase my primary income source.

Once that’s done, I’d like to move onto increasing passive income. Blogging and developing income from it would be one route. Having the hard skills should make it easier to develop the blog from the back end and enable me to speak with authority on a broader range of issues.

Just like anything in life, a series of incremental steps with a few setbacks are likely to be the path I must travel. Let’s see how it goes.

Adventures in Accounting Homework

Monday, October 5th, 2009

I managed to stay up entirely too late doing accounting homework last night. I did finish it and was satisfied with the results, but that should teach me to put it off until the last minute. Now the question will be whether I can retain the information I’ve learned for tomorrow’s quiz.

I’m certainly taking a shine to the subject and can already see potential applications for future business endeavors. I’m also starting to see the mistakes made in some businesses I’ve been in. I could even see it as part of a career path for me. Granted, this is with 5 days of beginning accounting class knowledge so remember your grains of salt.

Getting used to how certain transactions are classified will take some getting used to, but I see how the accounting powers that be prevent transactions from being entered twice, for example. I’ll be sure to go into more detail once I can speak on the subject with any degree of authority

As I’m starting to feel the effects of the sleep dep, I must grab more caffeine.  Until next time.

Vacation planned

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

I’ve planned and paid for a vacation in Las Vegas later this month. It’s something my friends and I have been planning for years but never gotten around to. I’ve managed to save enough cash to pay for the trip, while still having enough for tuition and my (very expensive) textbook. Cash flow should be tight this month, but I’m happy I was able to pull it off. Now to see about balancing muay thai training, college, and working enough to have money for the holidays.