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There are many reasons why millions of people go into teaching, whether it’s to inspire the future generation, to gain a sense of accomplishment, or to use your talents and passion to your advantage. Unfortunately, however, the wage packet may not be incredibly appealing. If you can’t see yourself doing anything else other than teaching and have some spare time on your hands, why not look into earning extra income? Not only will you top…
Passive income takes many forms. Sure, an online business can eventually produce passive income, but it also requires considering the upfront investment of time and money. Investing can provide some income and capital gains to live off if the amount invested is substantial enough. But do so-called ‘Income Portfolios’ really deliver and how can they be constructed? Here are a few thoughts to mull over about income portfolios and whether they’re really passive. What Income…
All About Side Hustles We’re going to get into practical tips for getting started with Teachers Pay Teachers, but first, we’ll talk a little bit about side hustles. Maybe one of the following sounds familiar to you: You’re struggling to pay the bills You don’t like your day job, but aren’t sure what to do next It’s difficult for you to save enough money for something like a down payment on a house, or going…
Are you Ready to Change your Life? Get your Side Gigs On! It’s a fact that teachers around the world are underpaid. Maybe you’re one of them, and feel like you just can’t get ahead financially. You have bills to pay and you’re not sure where the money is coming from. Or, you just can’t seem to save for retirement, or your children’s education. It’s time to get your side hustle going on. You can…
Hey there everyone, it’s Jackie here. Today we have a guest post from Victoria Greene. She offers some excellent advice for how to get your side gig on. Thank you! How to Make Money in your Spare Time Are you into the idea of lifestyle design and having more freedom in your day-to-day life? As long as you’re prepared to work hard to make your dreams a reality, then starting a side hustle in your…
Full-Time Online Stuff = Hard I’m going to get real in this post and talk about what it’s actually like doing the online thing full-time and why I don’t think it’s for me. Let me go a bit back in the past and explain how this whole thing came to be. I lived in South Korea for 10 years, teaching English at two different universities. For the last year or so, I wasn’t really happy…
Check out this SlideShare presentation for my Top 10 Passive Income Ideas. Please comment below and let us know what your favourite passive income earner! Top 10 passive income ideas from Jackie Bolen
Self-Publishing: No More! Recently I’ve started to move away from self-publishing on Amazon. I wrote books exclusively for ESL teachers abroad (see my author page on Amazon), and now that I’m not doing that as a job, it doesn’t hold much interest for me. These days, I’m far more interested in Amazon affiliate websites. Amazon Affiliate Website #1…I Learned a Lot! A year or so ago, I bought a domain and developed my first Amazon…
Buying a Website: I (Finally) did it! If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you will know this. But for those who haven’t and are just finding their way here now, I’ll give you the brief update. I taught English in South Korean universities for 10 years. A couple of months ago, I returned to Canada. I wavered back and forth about what to do upon my return, but eventually decided to go…
Moving to Canada: I’m Now in Vancouver, the Farm was a Bust! I’ve talked for a whole lot of months about moving to Canada, after teaching English in South Korea for 1o years. A few of the things previously mentioned include: What to Do With My Pool of Money The Plan to Never Get a Full-Time Job Ever Again Anyway, a little update after moving to Canada a month and a half ago. Here are…
Online Business: I Love It! If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably already open to the idea of starting an online business and perhaps even have a few projects on the go so you don’t need a lot of convincing. However, maybe you’re not that person and are reading Freedom Through Passive Income trying to decide if this online business thing is really worth the time and effort to get into it. I’m not going…
Which Passive Income Ideas are for You? Money Rolling In? Making money online sounds pretty awesome, right? You do a little work up-front and then just watch the money roll in month after month and year after year. Passive income awesome! Getting money for no work! Love it! Wait! It’s not so Easy These Days Let me disabuse you of that notion right now: making money online is not so easy and you actually have…
After an entire year and a half of back and forth and then back again, I finally made a decision about what I’d do when I moved to Canada. Despite being a little bit crazy, perhaps, I decided to go all-in on the digital entrepreneur and make my living off of Amazon Affiliate niche sites and self-publishing books. I got my last paycheque from my university in South Korea about a week ago and now…
An Update on What to Do With My Pool of Money A couple months ago, I talked about a few different options for what I was going to do with the pool of money I’d accumulated from teaching English abroad in South Korea (for all the details about teaching in Korea, see my other blog: My Life! Teaching in a Korean University). For the original post, see: What Would you Do With $80,000? In the blog…
Your job offers a fixed income. You know what you will be paid for the foreseeable future. This is great when you’re following a budget. You know exactly how much you can spend and save. But when debts are mounting or you are wanting to pay them down quicker, it’s almost impossible to go outside the lines of your fixed income and pay more to debt. Freedom Financial Network wants to show you how to…
The foreign exchange market is the largest investment market in the world. Currency trading or Forex Trading has become extremely popular over the last several years and the numbers are consistently increasing. The Currency market involves countries all over the world so currency can be traded almost 24 hours a day and there is a very short weekend. The majority of currency trades are not done by people, international banks, businesses and the national banks…
A Few Thoughts on Being a Writer For a lot of people, it seems like their identities are wrapped up in their jobs. When you meet someone for the first time, one of the first questions that gets asked is, “What do you do?” Or, if someone asks you what you’re all about, your answer will often be related to what do you for a living. In 2 Days, I’m a “Teacher” No More In…
2015 Passive Income: Let’s Talk Money Establishing passive income streams has been kind of an obsession of mine for these past couple of years and I’ve been working really hard to diversify away from dividend paying stocks into more active, online business kind of stuff. I still love dividends, but I wanted to have passive income coming in from a variety of sources instead of a single one. My two main focuses have been affiliate…
2015: In the Books 2015 is in the books and it’s time to turn my thoughts towards 2016. This will be a particularly interesting year for me because after living in Korea for a decade, I’ll be moving to Canada. The plan is to kick the online business into full-time mode (See: All-In on the Digital Entrepreneur) from what I can currently squeeze in when I’m not busy at my day-job teaching in a university.…
Expat Finance: How Working Abroad Set Me Up for Awesome I’ll be going back to Canada in less than two months after ten years teaching English in South Korea. There are various reasons, but mostly I’m just tired of teaching and tired of living abroad. I need a change, in a serious way. What I’m going to talk about today is money, and how you can turn your time teaching abroad into some financial awesome…
Many people find that it’s extremely difficult to get ahead these days. Such wasn’t the case 20 years ago. People used to be able to live quite comfortably with one “good job” and have a balanced lifestyle with their families. Today, life is hard, and there are some legitimate reasons for that. If you’re wondering why it’s so hard to get ahead these days, these are a few scattered reasons that life is like that:…
What Would you do With $80,000? I talked recently about how I have quite a large amount of money coming my way soon as I’m finishing up my time teaching abroad in Korea. Pension payouts, housing deposit, etc, combined with the best exchange rate for Korean Won—>Canadian Dollars in a decade means that I’ll have roughly $90,000 come March 2016. Since I’m ridiculously frugal, and am living for free on a farm when I move…
Money Diet = Frugal Living Awesome I’m a huge fan of having periodic money diets in order to kick my savings into high-gear. This particular one was motivated by my upcoming move to Canada, which certainly ain’t gonna be cheap. Nothing says “frugal living” than posting all your spending online in a Facebook group with other people, and then also doing a post about it on here. Money Diet March: Some Previous Results Here are…
