Making it on a dime

Hi missybear. I don't have a paying job, but my husband has told me on more than one occasion that if he was guaranteed the same income that he gets now without having to work he'd be more than happy to quit his job and retire! LOL My husband and I live pretty much paycheck to paycheck. Like you, we sometimes have a little fun money left over. Though by the time the next pay period rolls around it's already been spent. LOL I guess you can say I'm the opposite. I've actually been wanting to get a job (if anyone would hire me, that is) to help supplement our income. It's kind of a good thing I don't have one though at the moment, because I wouldn't be able to get there anyway! Wish me luck that I'll be able to find something reliable and for cheap this weekend. Because at this point it's the only thing my husband and I can afford. Happy mylotting!

Yes, I live like you... But I wouldn't change it for the world! I appreciate the things that I have in life and the things that I can afford!

I think that is what business moguls are doing, and those with mini-business and are successful might have their bills settled a few months in advance. Given the chance, I would love to retire early as well. That would be so great.

i don't have bills to pay as i live with my parents. and i do only use my money to buy for my personal things. but i don't have a real job. i do get some money online. but that was it. quite scary actually not to have my own source of income. it is not always easy to depend on parents. though i don't totally depend on them . i mean as i don't buy any thing except for basic things like food at home and electricity and nothing more.

Hey missy! I always lived paycheck to paycheck or actually I was always one paycheck behind! And now that I am living on disability I just try to manage! I don't have extra, but try to figure out what I'm going to do because I need to make sure that I have something extra in case something does happen and I need some extra money. It is a neverending circle no matter what I do and always has been so I really don't have an answer. When I was working I still wasn't able to make sure that I was ok if something did happen to me and it did happen and now I what am I supposed to do?

I would still probably work some, not full-time mind you, but some. I'm still young and there are things that I want and things that I would like to be able provide for other people. So, if working some would allow me to do those extra things, without the stress of knowing that I have to work just to cover myself, that would be perfect. Even if I had won the lottery and had more money than I knew what to do with, I would still need to find something to occupy my time. Whether that would be going back to school, or volunteering, I'd have to keep busy with something.

i am presently not working due to my health but i was working earliar and i plan to work later on,for me doing some outside job is a form of stress-buster and it is a sort of entertainment too.my work is quite challenging,hence i love my job but i would try to see to it that my other priorities are not cut down because of my job.

i'd try to find a job that i could work my own hours, so i could work when i felt like it or a job where i could work from home. I guess i kind of do that now, but its not that great money :P i babysit and my husband works. I make extra money. We could live off his pay barely. but i'd rather make the extra money to buy treats and stuff ;)

my hubby was laid off in mid august and even before that, he wasnt really making a whole lot of extra money for 'fun money' we have had to be careful for some time and now even more so. i dont think i would want to retire, i would be too bored!

I'm with you missybear! Sometimes I feel like I'm working my life away. I never have any free time and if the bills were paid and I had some fun money...I'd gladly retire.

Same here, if I can have money for bills and for extra's then I'd retire too.

I would still work, because I love what I do. I also have two boys that will need money for college so quitting wouldn't be an option, but it is a nice thought :)