If you’ve already checked the cushions…
There is always the option of hand washing and hanging to dry. Which really is not as bad as it sounds. It can’t be worse than an overflowing dirty clothes hamper, weeks overdue of a wash. But this is what happens when our pockets are dry of quarters. There is always the option of begging, too. But here are some more practical options for getting some short-term work and some quick cash.
- Be first in line to sell your books at the end of the semester—that way they sell for more!
- Sell some clothes at a second-hand store
- Offer to babysit for a friend on a Friday or Saturday night, so they can have a break and you can make some quick cash
- File your taxes and get back any income taxes that have been taken out of past paychecks
- Have someone pay you to file their taxes
- Take part in an on-campus research study that pays people to participate
- Offer to do someone’s chores, in return for a small stipend
- Take back cans and bottles
- Are you crafty? Do you know how to crack an egg and mix? Make things and sell them for cheap
- Sell stuff on Craigslist—it’s the easiest way to make known your uselessness for something and then get rid of it, while putting some cash (or quarters) into your pocket
- Wash cars, mow lawns, weed out yards for families in your neighborhood
- Donate plasma
- Participate in online surveys, answering simple questions, to make quick money through Amazon Mechanical Turk
Most of these suggestions probably will not be able to pay for your tuition. But most of them will get you at least one clean load of laundry. Which is what really matters, right?
*Photo by Ingorrr
