5 Ways to Earn Money from Home to Fuel Your Homestead Dreams

Many people have different reasons for wanting to earn money from home and sometimes those reasons change as we go through different phases of life and of course there are sometimes life things (like a global pandemic) that get thrown at you and you need to work from home.

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From my own past experiences we have had several different reasons for me to stay at home, but we also needed to earn some extra income (who doesn’t, really?!?)

In the first couple of years of our marriage, when our kids were born and were very young, we made the decision for me to stay at home for a couple reasons,

1. We couldn’t afford daycare. Honestly this was a major reason, we figured out that in our budget, my income would only be going towards daycare and other costs related to working outside the home, therefore it made more sense for me to stay home with the babies.
2. I really wanted to stay at home anyways, as that had always been a dream of mine, being a stay at home mom.

Now that our kids are older and are in school full time, we had decided on working on building up our own little homestead. Lots of people do this and still work full time outside the home, but for us, this is just working better. I am a total homebody, always have been, so it isn’t a huge hardship for me to work at home and be the full time homesteader.

What have I done to Earn Money at Home?

So, now you are maybe wondering, what have I done all this time in order to earn an income from home? And the answer is….. a bunch of things! At different times I have:

• Direct sales (you know the type where you go to parties at someone’s house and sell your merchandise to their friends and family) I did this with a couple different companies before realizing I am not a very good salesperson!
• I ran a daycare in our home. This is a great thing to do when your kids are really young. I really loved doing the daycare, but found it hard when my own kids were getting older and wanting to take part in after school activities.

• I have been a Homeshare provider for an adult with disabilities. I did this for the 4.5 years and it was wonderful in so many ways. Again this does involve the whole family and it can be challenging at times to accommodate everyone’s schedules, but overall this was a positive experience.

• I have written a blog! Now I have to say that so far the  income I earn from blogging hasn’t been a lot, and certainly not at a full-time wage, but it’s fun and fairly easy to do. (check out my page on how to learn how to start your own blog!) and don’t forget to check out my recommendations page for my favorite tools and resources for blogging.
•  I was learning how to be a medical transcriptionist/Healthcare documenter. And how did I do that? Well, I found this fantastic program through a company called Canscribe Career College. I am currently still working my way through the course (I’m about 1/2 way) and I have to say, so far it has been great! I am able to work on it 100% at home and still do my Homeshare work, work on this blog and take care of my family. Update: I was very close to completing the program when I was overcome by a health crisis and was unable to complete. It was an amazing program though, I learned so much.

Other Ways to Make Money From Home

There are so many ways to make money from home but a few that I would recommend are:

Learn how to become a Scopist. What is Scoping you may ask?

Scoping is what the court reporting industry calls editing. If a court reporter is the writer, a scopist is the editor. Learn more about what a scopes is and does at the Internet Scoping School Home Page

Or you can take the FREE Scoping School mini course.

Another way to earn an income from home? Read about this inspirational couple behind The Work At Home Life, who made 1.2 million dollars in 2 years with this income report and opt-in.  or check out the TWAL Home Page.

I would also love to get our homestead to a point where we can maybe sell extra produce and products that we have grown or made.

I was recently listening to one of my favorite podcasts and one of the episodes was How to Make Money Homesteading. Have a listen here and let me know what you think!

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• 10 Myths and Misconceptions about Homesteading
• What is a Homestead and what does Homesteading mean to me?
• 10 Frugal Kitchen Tips for the Holiday Season
• Online Income Report for December and How I Made $ Online in 2016
• Ideas to start a homestead with Little or No Money
• Planning To Save Money on Your Grocery Bill? Buy Food or Grow in Bulk and Freeze It!

I would love to hear different ways YOU have earned money from home! Feel free to share your experiences either in the comments or on our Facebook page.

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