This year has hit people hard with many struggling to afford anything for Christmas. Whether it’s food or gifts, wrapping paper or travel, here are some tips to get thing for free and ideas on what you can do to save a lot of money. Disclosure – this post may contain affiliate links. Food Charities […]
Author: The Thrifty Issue
How to be Close to your Kids Without Spending a Fortune
12 Fun and Frugal Ways to Connect with your Children My daughters are 11 and 13 now. One of the comments we get a lot from their friends, teachers and others is how close we are. Recently, I’ve been asked more about what we do, how we are close and for some tips for others. […]
99 Side Hustles for Aussies
How anyone can make money on the side! Right now, most of you are asking how to make more money. While I have covered this a lot on the site, there are always new ways to be able to make money. Everything I write about, I have tested so can verify how much I made, […]
How to get Paid for Clinical Trials/Medical Testing in Australia
How Would you Like to get Paid a few Thousand to lay Around and be fed? Ok, it’s not really as simple as that, but many clinical trials aren’t that hard either. In the interest of finding different ways for you to make and save money I signed up and was involved in a clinical […]
How I made $33,277.57 on the side!
14 Ways I Made Money and Generated $33,277.57 on the Side in 12 Months! Originally posted in January 2019 In 2018 I changed what I was doing and focused less on side hustles but if an opportunity came up, I went with it. In 2017, I had focused on buying things to resell and managed […]
How I made $1,136.50 this month + locked in $2,000 for next month
In September, I set a challenge to make and save an extra $2,020 by the end of the year as a way to beat the recession. Last month, I made $2,704, this month had some significant issues where I was in and out of the hospital. So it’s a little different. Disclosure, this post may […]
Cheap but Thoughtful Gift Ideas
What to get the different people in your life from partners to kids, teachers to colleagues Rather than splitting this up into gifts for guys, gifts for women etc. I have compiled a list of gifts I think would be great based on interests. Because anyone can enjoy anything! Before you spend any money, sign […]
How to manage your health and wealth when you’re sick
How can you be frugal and still make money on the side when you are sick? This week, I was in hospital for some pregnancy issues, then my heart had problems. Problems I’ve had for weeks but no one took me seriously until they saw it on the hospital bed. Suddenly, they were quite concerned […]
10 Ways to Make $1000 this Month!
How to get Money fast! Too many bills and not enough money this month? The average wage can be tough to live on and if you make less than the average it can be even harder to save or find the money you need in emergencies. Sometimes you just need to make money fast! This […]
How I am Clearing $10,550 Worth of Debt
What can you do to pay off debt? June last year, after a long and ridiculously expensive custody battle, I was awarded full custody of my daughters. And left with $23,403 worth of debt which I assumed I would clear quickly. My plan was to spend some time with my kids not stressed about court […]