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2019, and the latter few months of 2018, have been the start of some big changes for me and I'm hoping to keep track of them here. I started university finally and am studying full-time. I want to use the three years of my degree to get my finances in the best possible shape for when I graduate. I have a few big goals:
- pay off some debt I built up in an emergency (<£3k)
- pay cash for my uni courses
- learn to drive/buy a car
- graduate with a first
- at least one holiday abroad each year
- buy an online business (estimate $40k, profit should be about $1800/month with a few hours work each week)
- work on a portfolio and do at least one internship in my field
Right now, my main source of income is Appen. I'm contracted for anywhere between 20-35 hours per week (normally 30) so I make about $1800 per month. I also do Prolific Academic and matched betting. I've gotten lazy with MB though and I really need to knuckle down because it used to be a really good income for me.
I want to work on expanding into other areas too. uTest is first on my first and I'd like to look at starting a blog because personal finance and business are things I could geek out about for days.
For now though, I have to get on top of my uni work because I'm due to add another module in February and I'm still drowning in my maths one.
January Income So Far
Appen: $401.38/2000
Other: £29.47/250
- pay off some debt I built up in an emergency (<£3k)
- pay cash for my uni courses
- learn to drive/buy a car
- graduate with a first
- at least one holiday abroad each year
- buy an online business (estimate $40k, profit should be about $1800/month with a few hours work each week)
- work on a portfolio and do at least one internship in my field
Right now, my main source of income is Appen. I'm contracted for anywhere between 20-35 hours per week (normally 30) so I make about $1800 per month. I also do Prolific Academic and matched betting. I've gotten lazy with MB though and I really need to knuckle down because it used to be a really good income for me.
I want to work on expanding into other areas too. uTest is first on my first and I'd like to look at starting a blog because personal finance and business are things I could geek out about for days.
For now though, I have to get on top of my uni work because I'm due to add another module in February and I'm still drowning in my maths one.
January Income So Far
Appen: $401.38/2000
Other: £29.47/250
- Matched Betting: £15.09
- Prolific Academic: £14.38