Pocket Change
Some people are quick to dismiss their pocket change as a neucense, even complaining about the amount they collect every day. What these people don't realize is that pocket change can mean the difference between paying a bill or even funding an emergency or other account. On average people take home $30 a week, that's $1,560 a year. A nice chunck of change, no pun intented.
What follows are some places you look for additional change, coins, to add to your collrection. Under Debt you find ways to apply this change to reach a Debt Free Life. Or, if you are already debt free then under Investing you will find ways to put this change to good use and build Wealth.
Hunting for Change
- An obvious place, the seat cushions.
- Under the car seats.
- Glove box.
- In drawers: at the office and at home.
- Coat pockets. Check all of them in the closet and even in storage.
- Around parking lots.
- By parking meters.
- The car ashtray.
- Old wallets and purses.
- Piggy banks, change jars, etc.
- Gym bag.
- Luggage.
- Toiletry Bag
- Diaper bag.
- Golf bag.
- Briefcase.
- Computer bag.
- Any place high: Shelf or refrigerator.
- Change return slots on pay phones, and venting machine.
- Cloths ready for laundry or dry cleaning.
- Washing machines or dryers. Your own and in laudromats.
- Envelopes.
- Moving boxes.
- Vaccum cleaner, among the dust. The machines at car washes fill up with lots of change.
- Around pop machines or other vending machines. Get on the floor, you may need a stick to pull out what you find.
- Any dropped change. Don't be lazy, pick it up.
Once you start looking for loose change you will be surpirsed at how many places you'll find dropped or left behind change. Personally, I am able to deposit over $500 a year in found change. What could you do with this kind of additional change? Pay off debt? Invest it? Small amounts do add up.
