Unfortunately, many of you who are about to retire or have retired, look at the retirement income you will be receiving and are not too happy with the results and can not see any way around the problem to improve it. You get to a time in life when the world is your oyster and everything you have ever imagined could be yours; you have plenty of time and energy, but sadly it is not time or energy you need but money.

The internet has opened up a new world to all pensioners because at 60 years young you could easily have another good 25 to 30 years left to do all the things that when you were young, you could only dream of. There is a wonder lady of 84 who has decided to go to IT classes to learn the computer because she feels she is missing so much!

Car boots, local auctions and charity shops offer a great way to earn an extra income especially if teamed up with the internet and a friend.

There are plenty of tried and tested ways to earn extra, that are very well documented in ebooks on the internet. You can purchase second hand books very cheaply from both car boots and charity shops and then resell online. When you find one with beautiful prints in it of dogs, cats, flowers or just something extra special cut it out, frame it and sell as a picture.

Postcards are extremely sort after and are often sold in groups or a small box full, these you just resell separately in internet auctions; the price can treble or more, if you are not happy using a computer there are other people who will help you. Libaries and the local shop are ideal places to put a small card to find someone with computer skills and the time to help you.

Also, by the time you get to 60 you have a wealth of experience at your fingertips, many people are expertise in their own field and the young never hear about it, may be one day they will wish they had sat, listened and learnt from you all, but it is often far to late when they need the knowledge. Your skill could be building a boat, a summerhouse, a garden pond or re fitting a kitchen, plumbing a bathroom, building a rocking horse or successfully trading on the stock market. Really, this list could cover pages but I'm sure you understand, put it on a computer or down on paper and it will be available for a life time and can be passed on to others.

Today ebooks are extremely popular and can be bought and downloaded off the internet very cheaply. If you decided to write a manual on building a boat and put it on a website to sell, just think of the thousands of people who could be potential customers, you certainly do not need to sell it for a vast amount to make a very nice income. The internet offers a wealth of information please take a look and discover the potential it offers for yourself.


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Anne Fenwick has been self employed all her life and has a wealth of experience in many subjects from successful fashion shops and renovating old properties to self improvement. Her love of books has prompted her to open an eBook shop on the internet.
http://www.parkfenbookshop.com