If you're new here, this blog will give you the tools to become financially independent in 5 years. Here is how I did it and here is how I currently do it. The method is robust and replicable (no need to win the lottery, start a blogging business, or win at real estate), but not easy; much in the same way that a diet results in weight loss but is hard to follow persistently unless you set your mind to it. The key is to save 75%+ of your net income and invest it in income producing assets (bonds and dividend stocks). There is a "step-by-step" plan for how to get to 75% in the right side bar. I try not to be too trite, so if I cover a topic, you will probably not see it again for a very long time, thus you may want to read the older posts here and here.

I only wrote a couple of eHow articles in October, but earnings were still up.

Here is the income so far


  • August: $5.55 (only about 10 days)
  • September: $12.10
  • October: $16.88

About $7-8 was from a single day, so reasonable earnings are about $10/month for my current “portfolio”. This is equivalent to buying a high-yield position for about $1200 which is not bad for the effort. Alternatively, if the $10 can be considered secure in the long term, the money stream is worth about $3000 in present dollars.