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DO Something!

3 min readApr 11, 2025

(Or else stop whining about having no extra money).

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Sorry about the moderately harsh headline, but if you are looking to make a little extra money each month, so that you can enjoy a few luxuries, or just have more to help pay the bills, then the headline was intended to grab your attention.

Here’s why…

What have you actually done today that would give you the chance of that action making you some extra money?

Something?

Anything at all?

See, it’s maybe surprising but sometimes I will get people who complain that nothing seems to be working for them. They’ve tried ‘everything’ (they haven’t) and they are just not making any extra money still.

Then I ask them that simple question…

‘Ok, I see. So tell me, what have you actually done today that would give you the chance of that action making you some extra money?’

Most times, they will ‘uhm’ and ‘ahh’ a bit, before admitting that, well, actually, they haven’t done anything today.

‘Ok, so what about yesterday? What did you do yesterday that would help towards getting some extra money in for you?’

….Crickets!…

To give you a little example, I am what some would call semi-retired, but I do like to…

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Roy Carter
Roy Carter

Written by Roy Carter

Founder of www.LettersFromASmallisland.com monthly newsletter sent from my home on Magnetic Island — ‘A Quaint Little Drinking Island With A Fishing Problem! ‘

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