06-15-2008, 04:51 AM
John,
When I was 12 and I really wanted something that required cash to pay for (like saving for my first bicycle, a new toy or whatever) I found work. Newspaper delivery was my mainstay for a couple of years but then I offered to do things like dog walking, raking leaves and mow lawns for neighbours. I opened a bank account to keep the cash out of my hot hands. Its amazing that when you tell people you have a goal that you are saving for how often they will find even small jobs or tasks they don't want to do, but will pay someone else to do. Only two rules apply:
1) No job too small.
2) Where there is a will there is a way.
Before too long you'll have the stuff you want.
When I was 12 and I really wanted something that required cash to pay for (like saving for my first bicycle, a new toy or whatever) I found work. Newspaper delivery was my mainstay for a couple of years but then I offered to do things like dog walking, raking leaves and mow lawns for neighbours. I opened a bank account to keep the cash out of my hot hands. Its amazing that when you tell people you have a goal that you are saving for how often they will find even small jobs or tasks they don't want to do, but will pay someone else to do. Only two rules apply:
1) No job too small.
2) Where there is a will there is a way.
Before too long you'll have the stuff you want.
Peter Raftos
