Hello Friends and welcome back to another Hustle and Passive Income update via my Personal Finance Canada blog! I hope you are enjoying my monthly reports. January was another great month for making extra income from dividends and hustling.
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Extra Side Hustle Income Report $195
Gladly, after a $0 in December side hustle income, I made an extra $195 in January 2023. This income came from my learn and earn partnership which generated $70. I also made $125 from Brim Financial which includes a nice $5 annual birthday gift from Brim.
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Liquid Networth Update
As I mentioned, I am not going to calculate my liquid networth every month but I will do so whenever I find the time to put up all the accounts together and get the total balance.
I ended 2002, with a $371,082.79 balance so will see what happens in 2023.
Dividends & Savings Accounts Income
- Jan 2020: $0
- Jan 2021: $570.23
- Jan 2022: $1,065.49
- Jan 2023: $1,383.58
| Month | Dividends | HISA & GIC | Cryptocurrency | Total |
| Jan 2022 | $1,065.49 | $407.97 | $622.00 | $2095.46 |
| Feb 2022 | $284.85 | $200.23 | 6$68.43 | $1,153.51 |
| Mar 2022 | $541.57 | $212.00 | $823.32 | $1,576.89 |
| Apr 2022 | $782.35 | $58.00 | $901.40 | $1,741.75 |
| May 2022 | $490.06 | $63.00 | $926.00 | $1479.06 |
| June 2022 | $981.71 | $60.86 | $1,078.00 | $2,120.58 |
| July 2022 | $1,240.66 | $62.76 | $904.00 | $2,207.42 |
| Aug 2022 | $385.18 | $64.00 | $844.00 | $1,293.18 |
| Sept 2022 | $966.33 | $65.00 | $1,102.72 | $2,134.05 |
| Oct 2022 | $1,080.51 | $718.00 | $998.00 | $2,796.51 |
| Nov 2022 | $451.03 | $65.00 | $879.64 | $1,395.67 |
| Dec 2022 | $1,034.87 | $65.00 | $68.22 | $1,168.36 |
| Jan 2023 | $1,383.58 | $334.17 | $65.00 | $1,782.75 |
I received a total of $1,383.58 from dividends while $65.00 came from my tiny Crypto portfolio. My savings account generated $334.17 in interests.
The total $1,782.75 in passive income is equivalent to making $10.28 hourly as a full-time employee. This amount covers our monthly grocery and all bills. Isn’t that awesome?
The dividend earning is a great 29.85% growth in comparison with Jan 2022 earnings which is amazing to say the least.
Below is the list of who paid me in Jan 2023.
The top 3 payers of Jan 2023 were $CM, $BCE, and $BNS which counted for 17.1% of the total dividends income I received.
I report my purchases whenever happens on my Twitter account. I am not really keeping a detailed track of these purchases as I love dollar-cost averaging while taking advantage of Wealthsimple’s no-fee trading.
Hustle, Dividends, and Passive Income Update Summary
To summarize, I had $1,782.75 income from all active and passive passive sources.
My average passive income is 13% higher than my $1200 monthly 2023 goal 🤑
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