Earning Extra Money - Leverage Your Hobbies

In a world where layoffs are common, it's important to bring extra money into your household whenever you can.  Of course, it's hard to commit to an extra job when you've already got one.  One thing that can make it easier is to earn extra money in ways that are related to your hobbies.  It's an old adage:  If you can do work related to your greatest passions, it will hardly seem like work at all.  Here are some ways to make extra money from your favorite pastimes:

How to Make Extra Money from Hobbies

Of course, my main source of extra money right now is earned through writing.

Be a Late Adopter!

You don't actually need the latest, greatest, version of a computer game or video game console.  The art of video game design is to make a game that is wonderfully playable and compelling on the platform where it is played.  For instance, I loved Chuck Yeager's Air Combat when I had a 486 computer in the early 90s.  Unfortunately, I haven't found a combat flight sim that I've liked as much since then.  The game had a wonderful balance of realism and playability that worked.

It's the same with console games.  If you find a video game console that you like and games, then you should be happy.  I enjoy retro gaming.  That is video gaming on absolete consoles like the Playstation, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, and Atari.  It's just plain fun.  If you agree, check out Retro Gaming Revolution Forum.  You'll find it full of interesting discussions of vintage video game and computing platforms.

If you adapt yesterdays technology, you can save a lot of money over the prices of modern game systems.

Living the Retro Lifestyle

When you are stuck in an economy that doesn't seem to be moving forward, sometimes the thing to do is embrace the decline.  If you can't go forward, go backwards and adopt the retro lifestyle!  You'll find the coolest things in thrift stores, online on ebay, and by the curb on Craiglist.  Plus, if you shop thrift stores, you'll be helping charity.  If you find new uses for old items, you'll be recycling.  It's all good!

Saving Money by Living a Retro Lifestyle

Saving Energy in an Apartment

Your chance to own a big McMansion seems millions of miles away.  Perhaps, you've even lost your home.  It's tough.  But, even when you've crammed everything into an apartment, there is still money to be saved.  Here are some tips for saving energy:


Six Energy Saving Tips for Apartment Dwellers

A Man's Guide to Thrift Store Shopping

If you do scrape together a few pennies to go shopping, there's no place more fun than your local thrift store.  A lot of people think that thrift stores are just for women, but that couldn't be further from the truth.  There's a lot of cool stuff for dude's in thrift stores.  You just need to know where to look!  Here's a guide to thrift store shopping for men:

A Man's Survival Guide to Thriftstore Shopping

Park Avenue Thrift Store in Marietta, Georgia

Ten Practical Survival Tips

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are hunkered down and prepared for the collapse of civilization.  That might happen one day.  It sure feels like it when you're laid off or underemployed.  However, there are many more threats to your survival in day-to-day life.  Here are some survival tips that will help you survive the real world:

Ten Practical Survival Tips