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When A Two Salary Income Fails
Written by: Esther SmithArticle Overview: When you consider the hidden expenses of a two-income household you must include the obvious ones like child care and commuting costs. Add to this -- order-out-lunches, and those quickie dinners like take-out or prepared heat 'n serve selections. Office clothes and dry cleaning will apply to some.
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When A Two Salary Income Fails
While this may not apply to everyone, you may find that a second salary brings in substantially less than you thought. In the beginning, Rachael thought that since she and her husband were just about breaking even as a couple, that staying home with the new baby would never work -- infant needs seemed endless. So she went back to work at her old job.
After a few weeks, they decided to actually calculate their bottom line with and without her weekly pay. This should have been a surprise because there was still no extra money at the end of the month. Rachael's second income necessitated extra expenses resulting in a near-breakeven budget once again.
When you consider the hidden expenses of a two-income household you must include the obvious ones like child care and commuting costs. Add to this -- order-out-lunches, and those quickie dinners like take-out or prepared heat 'n serve selections. Office clothes and dry cleaning will apply to some.
Increased exposure to common illnesses for the child in daycare caused Rachael's absence from work more often than her single co-worker taking another bite out of her weekly check. Rachael's second salary pushed them into a higher income tax bracket bringing an added burden at tax time.
If a two salary income doesn't work any better than the one-salary did, then your answer has to be the Internet. To accomplish this without household friction, you must have three things going for you. (1) partner's cooperation: he/she must be able to share some of the household duties without complaint. (2) your flexibility: to be able to work odd hours like when the baby sleeps. and (3) the biggest of all, sacrifice: working at home may mean giving up some things until your Internet income equals what you earned offline.
When mothers were asked what they would be willing to sacrifice to work at home, some of their answers were:
Selling the second car to save on insurance, taxes and loan payments
Cable TV
Wal-Mart weekly stops
Cigarettes: a costly as well as unhealthy expense
Dinners Out
Some added their willingness to shop for baby clothes at the thrift-store (they were surprised by the bargains). And almost all have begun coupon shopping: a big savings on the food budget.
The latest research states that 8,500 new home businesses are started every day in the U.S. So if you have been lifting couch cushions looking for loose change, get in on the Internet opportunities but you must be open to all possibilities. When you limit your focus, you limit your choices of income.
Opportunities with "leveraged" income for life are yours if you hunt well. I have a free Ebook that will offer you one such avenue. Download yours today.
Worked for me.
© 2007 Esther Smith
Article Tags: baby clothes, income household, income tax bracket, Internet income, Rachael, salary income
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About the Author: Esther Smith RSS for Esther's articles - Visit Esther's website Smith is an accomplished artist with her online galleries, an author/publisher and believer in residual or leveraged income. Her eBook, Invitation to Internet Success, is free to all who would like to generate leveraged income. http://thepermanentventure.com/Internetsuccess.pdf Click here to visit Esther's website When A Two Salary Income Fails Trapped On The Treadmill WorkLife Balance Where Has All The Talent Gone The Barely Breathing Headline What Do You Do |
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