As a child I wanted to earn money. I offered to wash cars, do yard work, house work, or whatever for friends, family, neighbors, and strangers. They'd pay me a couple of bucks. I was super happy because that was a lot for a 7yo! Quarters for video games! /1
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Replying to @jeremiahg
One of my first wage lessons as a boy was collecting used newspapers from my neighborhood, dragging them home in a wagon, unloading them in the shed, then loading the entire load into a truck and getting paid at the recycling center. Total? Maybe $30 for dozens of hours of work.

Jan 17, 2019 · 12:56 PM UTC

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Replying to @bilcorry
Hah! That’s great. I did something similar during elementary school. Collected as many of the other kid’s soda cans as possible. It was like pennies a piece, but it added up!
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I moved on to hosting ‘carnivals’ in my backyard, including a homemade ride involving a folding lounge chair, some metal racks for a track, and a picnic table to launch from. The maze was a bunch of boxes taped together that you’d crawl through and hopefully didn’t get lost in...
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