Making Money Online - Is it Time to Quit my Job?

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Let's talk about making money online. If you are anything like me, you are seeking to make passive income so that you can have the freedom to live life on your own terms, and even though some make earning passive income look easy, everything you have tried has failed. Either way, you keep dreaming of the day when you achieve the financial freedom of being able to work from anywhere in the world while money rolls in while you sleep. Wouldn't that be cool? 

Well, If you have been following me at all, then you know I have been focused on working hard to make money online since around the end of April. So, how has it gone?

Before I delve into the income portion, let's discuss the type of platforms that I am using. The first platform I started using was the boom learning site which saved me during our online teaching sessions. I truly love boomcards. They are interactive activities on any topic and grade level you can imagine. What I do on boom learning is create digital activities for other teachers and sell them. The second platform that I am using to try to build passive income is Amazon KDP. Using Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, I am able to create low-content books and even books with short stories and have them independently published on Amazon.

It is now August 5th and you might be wondering if I am working from a nice island in the tropics somewhere. Unfortunately, I am not even close. LOL! 


FYI, don't quit your day job just because you think you have a plan that is going to bring in some dinero. If I have learned anything it is that hard work really isn't all you need to bring in a big income. You really need patience too! Passive income is not something that you are going to earn overnight unless you are one of the lucky few.

From my first platform, boom learning, my income from May to July was a whopping $135.87! It was the end of the year and summer months so I am hopeful that I will make some sales in mid-August and September. I have not created any decks in several weeks so we shall see what happens but I am hopeful that I will continue to see sales on this platform as schools get back to business.

When it comes to my second platform, Amazon, I haven't really kept up with sales but let me tell you that it is about $200 and I have spent about $70 on ads to promote my low-content books so do the math. I have worked countless hours and many days creating these journals, etc... and have not yet seen the rewards of my hard work but I am hopeful that one day I will have that one book that takes off! :) Check out my author page to get an idea of all the books that I have created thus far. 


Many people say that selling low-content books on Amazon is saturated because so many people are doing it. I guess it very well may be but I believe that in order to make it, you have to do your research, find a niche that isn't so saturated or competitive, and keep at it. It might take years to make it but keep on keeping on.  Don't quit.

Keep on dreaming folks! Remember, that is how the world goes round. 

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