Jul 06 2008
Not Spending money thanks to the Internet…
It seems all rage to explain how much money the internet saves. In reality you pay for the internet, so my question to you is, does the internet pay for itself every month? For me yes. I make my living off the internet. I always make the 80 USD phone/DSL bill. You see not only do I blog, but I work at home via the internet selling books on Amazon.com. I used to sell on Ebay, but quit once their listing fees went sky high. I also run my other business over the net. Therefore the net makes me money. However, I haven’t really stopped to think how much money it stops me from spending.
Since I work over the net the savings are huge. I don’t pay for the following:
Gas : 500.00 dollars a month
comics: 10.00 a month
shopping for things I don’t need: (est) 200.00
Free items from freecycle: 50.00
News without cable/paper/or magazine: 35.00
Work Clothes assuming I get a job worth my degree: 120.00
Child Care, since I am at home with the kids: 400X 5= 2000.00
How much is that now? Well over 2,000.00 a month. If you add in the annual expenses like school pictures, school taxes, teacher specific supplies (because kids parents can’t think for themselves down here), etc…
So I have concluded any money I made off the internet would have to pay for working off the internet. Where as all the money I make by working on the internet can pay for life. I would rather work to live than work to work. How much money do you not spend thanks to the internet?
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My own expenses are so greatly lessened by working from home that I can’t even begin to quantify them as you have here.
I know that I save a ton of money on fuel since I don’t even leave the house on some days. On the days I do have things to do, I do my best to combine all of my errands into a route to use the least amount of gas and to get everything done in one day’s outing.
I don’t eat out and don’t have to take the time to pack a lunch for work, and I am not tempted to snack from the vending machines at every office I have ever worked in.
I pay nearly all of my bills online these days, I wear what I want to wear and go days without shaving. That saves me money on stamps, envelopes, clothes and razors.
Michael Nolan
Frugal Living