From Corporate Life to Home Life: Finding New Ways to Support My Family
After 23 years in the corporate world, I made a life-changing decision: I left my job to be home with my growing boys. It wasn’t an easy choice, but it was the right one—for our family. I wanted to be there for the after-school stories, the late-night talks, the Saturday games, and all the moments in between.
But as any parent knows, kids come with a price tag. Soccer and football registration fees, team uniforms, birthday parties, holiday gifts, school fundraisers, weekend road trips—the list goes on. Even without a traditional paycheck, those costs didn’t slow down. If anything, they multiplied.
So I started looking for ways to bring in a little extra income, to add to my husbands salary—nothing crazy, just enough to cushion the budget and ease the stress when those “surprise” expenses popped up (because let’s face it, they always do). What I found was a mix of creative and practical ways to earn a few hundred dollars a month, right from home and on my own schedule.
In this blog, I’ll be sharing what’s worked for me—apps that pay, cash-back links that really add up, print-on-demand products that bring in passive income, and more. I’ve tested them myself, and while they’re not get-rich-quick schemes, they’re real, doable, and often even kind of fun.
Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent, a side hustler, or just someone looking for a few ideas to stretch your budget, I hope you’ll find something helpful here. This space is all about sharing what’s worked, what hasn’t, and encouraging each other along the way.
Here’s to making it work—one small win at a time.