Earn money

You can only save so much, but you can earn an unlimited amount.

Life is just easier when you earn more.

  • Four routes, from cash this month to a business of your own
  • Every article dated, so you can see what's current
  • A two-minute quiz to pick the one that fits your hours

Free quiz · 2 minutes

What business should you actually start?

Eight questions about your time, your budget and your patience. You get the side business that fits — and no email is needed to see it.

It points you to one of six:

BloggingKDP publishingFreelancingDividend investingResellingDigital products
Start the quiz

Your result shows straight away.

Pick your route

Four ways to earn more

Quickest to start first. Pick the one that fits the hours you actually have, and give it a real try before you add another.

Fast Cash

Quickest

Money this month, not next year. Sell what you don't use, pick up quick gigs, try the apps that pay. Small amounts, but fast.

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Start a Blog

Long game

Slow to start — it builds over months, not weeks. The one I actually did.

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Start a Business

All in

Every method worth considering in one list, so you can pick one and commit to it.

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Earn more money

There's no ceiling on what you can earn — only on what you can save. Cut what you don't need, then add one income — one, done properly, not five at once.

See all six steps →

Do this first

Take the two-minute quiz and pick one side business that fits the hours you actually have — not the hours you wish you had.

You're done when one extra income is running. One, done properly, not five at once.

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Ryan Anthony · writes at 10pm

Who's writing this

Not from a beach. From a basement, at 10pm.

Full-time engineer Working dad Tests it before he writes it

Ryan is a full-time engineer and working dad on his own path to financial freedom. He tests every strategy he can afford and researches the rest. He writes about personal finance, passive income, and making money online — sharing what works, what doesn't, and everything in between.

I work close to ten hours a day at my day job. I come home, I'm a dad, I do the dad things. Then somewhere between 9 and 11pm, I sit down and build this.

A few years ago I was in the financial hole most people don't admit they're in — debt up to my neck, just making it work month to month. Everything here is what I've actually tried since, written for the person with one hour after the house goes quiet.

Free download

The money sheet and dashboard I actually use

  • Budget, bills, debts and investments in one sheet
  • Debt payoff dates, and what paying extra saves you
  • Built for Google Sheets: free, nothing to install
  • Comes with a sample year, so you see it working before you type a thing

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The sheet's overview: monthly income, spending and savings rate, where the money goes, budget against actual, and three health-check gauges
The overview — every number at a glance

Screens from the sheet itself, showing its sample year — not anyone's real accounts.

Everything here is education, not financial advice. Some of the articles above contain affiliate links — if you buy through one I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you, and each article says where it does.

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