What do you do with your lunch hour? Maybe eat a sandwich? Check your social media? Go for a walk and grab a takeaway coffee? How would you like to use your hours break off work to earn some extra cash? That could be five hours every working week to add some extra cash to your bank account. That's almost 11 full days every year! Let's have a look at some things you could be doing to make money in your lunch hour.
Do Online Surveys
Online surveys are a great way to make money in your lunch hour. You can dip in and out of them when you have the time and many of them give you the estimated time it will take to complete. You could earn 50p for a survey or maybe up to £5+. Some can take a couple of minutes whilst others take 10 or 20 minutes a day and are more of a commitment. You will get rewarded for these though and it can be quite rewarding. It is worth seeing your time as a valuable asset. One that companies will pay you for. Start your online survey journey by looking at Prolific Academic and Yougov.
Write An eBook
Have you ever thought about writing an eBook? Do you have knowledge to give or an experience that people will love to read about and maybe follow in the footsteps of? Maybe you have create a business from scratch and turned it into a multi million pound business. Perhaps you know your way around WordPress so can give top tips and information to beginners. There are lots of things that you can write an eBook about and sell over and over again. That is a great thing about digital assets. Once you have created them, they can be sold to different people again and again without you having to do anything extra. Use your lunch times to write your book and then watch the sales (& cash!) come in. A fantastic and creative way to make money in your lunch hour.
List Your Belongings To Sell Them
Loads of us have houses overflowing with things we don't need, never use and aren't quite sure why we own them. It is time to pull together all those things we no longer want and get them sold. You could be sitting on quite a lot of cash with those items that are collecting dust or no longer fit you. Clear our your wardrobe, remove those thigs off the sideboard that you don't want anymore. Pull those broken electronics out of the garage, they have value to them even when broken! List your belongings on free to sell sites like Facebook Marketplace and you can start to make money in your lunch hour. Consider eBay for niche items and you'll be surprised at just how much can you can make!
Mystery Shopping
If you work in the city or somewhere that there are lots of other businesses and retailers, you can use mystery shopping to make money in your lunch hour. There are apps you can use and sites that you can sign up to that will give you mystery shopping assignments. Some might be visiting a specific shop, buying a certain product or taking a photograph of how a store looks. Others need to be done over the phone or even online and most of these can be done within your lunch hour. You could earn a decent few pounds with your mystery shopping assignments and if you have to buy anything, you usually get that reimbursed too, whilst keeping the item!
These are just a selection of ways to make money in your lunch hour. Don't just sit at your desk and watch YouTube videos on your phone whilst eating a stale sandwich. Utilise this valuable time and push yourself forward.
