Plasings

Overcoming Underearning

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 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 So I am reading articles about entrepreneurship, working on my accounting, math and linguistic skills, via Duolingo and Brilliant. And I stumble upon this book on Perlego: And we have an exercise in the first chapter. If I only had six months left to live I would... Love my life by urging myself on to success in every single venture I put my hand to. I would exercise often, practice to sharpen my mind to benefit myself and others.  I would deal responsibly with my finances and opportunities.  Write about my experiences to drain out all the lessons I can learn.  Complete all the courses I have set on Allison, Udemy, Coursera, get the skills and then monetize my knowledge to pay for my IGCSE degree on Future Learn so I can better serve the children in my life and my community.  I will sell my lesson plan materials and organize my files so my resources don't feel like a waste of time. 

Visualizing your goals to make more money online

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  Credits: Made with Canva.com While reading a book by Brian Tracy, I came upon the quote by William James:  " There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking." 1 I, therefore want to keep to a positive visual image of myself, and my talents, thinking without limitations, dreaming as though anything was possible and taking actionable steps daily, towards my dream. I want this for myself and others. So, enter the vision board, or a mindmap of affirmations. Looking at a positive vision of your future, till the past and all it's negative emotions become a vague memory, and only the valuable lessons remain. I will no longer be limited by my possibilities, I will work at a talent daily, until I start gaining, and gaining. 15 minutes of scales, sight reading and improvisation using chords. 15 minutes of drawing, sketchin...

Making money playing computer games

Originally edited years ago, updated 6:32 Tuesday 16th of May 2023 Here is the phrase that rings of whimsical delight to many a teenager - and frustrated ambition and despondency to multitudes of parents. This article was inspired by my siblings and my sincere desire to look into every possible legitimate way of increasing my monthly income so I have money to save for retirement, my child's schooling and all the extras we want in life.  As a teacher to teenagers, I met a full stop at the question: Why is there such an opinion divide about computer games and their purpose and why is it a cause for so much concern in our families; especially relationships between parents and children? For a start I was unable to convince my 6th grade student to do her homework, and I realized she had a gaming addiction. She was bordering on becoming overweight, even though there are computer or console games also aiming at fighting this condition. Fast forward a few years, I meet this 5th grader who ...

Evaluating Responses to Quora: Making Money Online Without Investment

 When I asked the question, initially, I had no idea it would elicit such bright ideas, nor give me such hope. Taken into consideration that basic investment in good stable internet is a must, marketing through social media - Pinterest, Instagram and FB, even LinkedIN is great for getting existing products out there.  But now, consider a country like South Africa - wide open spaces(reliable transport is A MUST) online (I have met only a few survey sites but they serve EU or US) writing books - hard for a stay-at home mom (unless Low-Content books) making courses (challenging) but online teaching is very possible with free babysitting (grandmas!!), even a home play-group or music lessons seem viable (if friends’ children are brought to your house)…writing mom-blog (seems viable) but affiliate marketing rings of joy (flipping items also has a bright sound to it.) I have also been reading and practically gone about raising chickens - since I got 5 for free - the feed (reasonable...

Investing energy and $1 in an Italian home

€1 Homes in Italy Two months ago, I started looking into this money-saving/making scheme. My husband was so inspired by a neighbor who is really doing well for himself, I decided to take the idea seriously.  There are various reasons why we won't actually up and move to Italy, but I did read up on the so-called "€1-home" phenomenon, and as such I'd hate to see the information I stumbled upon go to waste. Question 1: Did I hear correctly? Can I buy an Italian villa for €1? Yes, in some instances this is true. But in other instances, there is an auction for the highest bidder. Lastly, there is a town where people can actually get their rent off free if they'd just come and make their home, renovate and reside there permanently. Let me see if I can make it simpler: *Chart to follow Cost of Living Italy Expense U.S. $ in Rand  Rent (two bedroom apartment) $650,00 R4 584,00 Ut...

Studying and Practicing Digital Marketing

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Some weeks ago! I stumbled upon this app, and decided to give learning about Digital Marketing a try. As time wore on, my delivery was due, so had no time to work on this. Just now, I noticed once again the very irritating notifications that were routinely trying to emotionally blackmail me into studying by guilt-tripping me, or coax me into studying for points. I just passed the chapter 'How To Learn Digital Marketing' and earned 33 points on the Learn Digital Marketing app! Join me, let's compete on the leaderboard by learning https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.learningapps.learndigitalmarketing I just realised that the modules are really nice and short, and written with realistic and actionable steps. I am going to continue to put lesson one and two's advice into practice to see if I can turn a buck with it. There are about 33 modules to do, and in about 15 minutes I have read through four units and their unit tests. Homework before I conti...

3 lessons learnt from TryMyUL

I tried the Try my UL route in order to supplement my income. You can find the link here: http://www.trymyui.com/ Basically, I am suspecting the following and it seems to be true. I will provide reasons with my arguments: 1. Passing the test to be a verified Tester on the site is not that hard. You just need to be strong on following  directions. 2. You never know when a testing opportunity is coming your way. Put on an alarm. 3. The best way to get their attention, is to visit their site daily, and within a few hours they may contact you with a testing opportunity. But basically, I have not been fortunate enough to qualify for or to get a test that had not been responded to by someone else before I got there. I am going to try some of the other ideas that are in line with the question I and many others have been asking about working without investment online. Till next time. M https://qr.ae/pNOmeI