If there’s anything I have learned about being a mom of four, it’s that our schedules are really busy and that kids are really expensive. My calendar day to day is never the same, and it can be really hard to have a typical job when your availability is not consistent. Given the current economy, earning extra income has become more imperative than ever before for us because my husband and I do not want to have any debt, whatsoever. Instacart has been absolutely instrumental in helping me earn extra income to pay off my student loans, our car loan and credit cards!
I remember when my kids were babies, and I had to work a job late at night in order to make ends meet and it was so, so hard on my family. My husband was serving in the Air Force and would work from dawn to dusk and I would work dusk to the middle of the night – not exactly conducive to a family life! But if we wanted to pay off our debts, and not live paycheck to paycheck on newly enlisted military pay forever, we had to do what we had to do to make it work. Ever since then, I have always been on the lookout for ways to earn income that don’t require me to miss time with my husband and children.
When my sister in law told me that she started shopping with Instacart and that she could work whenever she wanted, wherever she wanted, for however many hours she wanted – it honestly sounded too good to be true. I signed up to be an Instacart shopper based solely on her experience, and from my very first shopping experience, I was pleasantly shocked at how simple and convenient the work actually is!
