I am not poor. I am not struggling with finances. I am not in between jobs. In fact I am a full time student with no debts. Then why am I completing HITs after HITs you ask? Well, the simple answer to that is who doesn’t like making some money? And this answer may satisfy most people but it isn’t the entire truth. I accidently came upon the idea of Mechanical Turking on one of the numerous articles on the web about making quick money. However, someone who is actually looking to make money will be disappointed, since most tasks don’t pay more than a few cents. However, since my main objective was not to make money but simply to satiate my curiosity I powered through. On my first day I looked around to discover that this thing was in fact legitimate. That is when I took a bigger bite. It may be surprising to think that someone who doesn’t need would immerse themselves in such repetitive and often frivolous tasks. But it is oddly refreshing. The tasks like filling out forms do not require you to think much and it gives your mind a break. For someone who likes to write it can even be quite fun. It may sound counterintuitive, but in fact working on HITs isn’t working for me at all. It is a kind of relaxation. The audios that I transcribe go from my ears though to my fingers to type. There isn’t much processing involved. And surprisingly some of the audio clips are very engaging. It has only been a month since I started on Mechanical Turk and it’s been an enjoyable time. And to my pleasant surprise, I have in fact amassed a lot of money. A lot because I am in fact getting paid to do essentially nothing, to be on my study breaks. How could this be a bad thing?