Working on Mechanical Turk has been very beneficial. I’ve been a stay-at-home wife and mom for a long time. I have a B.A. in Creative Writing, earned in 1982. I worked full-time as a secretary/writer/editor and did freelance proofreading and editing. I quit when I had my first baby and never went back to work outside of the home again on a regular basis. We’ve never had much extra money but were willing to make sacrifices so that I could stay at home and take care of our three kids. This is the lifestyle we chose. College educations for our three kids are paid mostly by scholarships and loans, which we may need to pay off the rest of our lives. My two oldest have graduated from college and married. My youngest is halfway through college. Since my kids were gone, I prayed I could find a paying job working on the computer at home and spent a lot of time researching online. Because there was (and is) such a large number of scams out there, it was discouraging. Then I discovered Mechanical Turk from a forum. To date, I’ve earned $1,776.38 since September 16th of 2008. Yes, I’m counting the pennies. To cheer on all you turkers out there, keep it up! You’ll learn to be more efficient as you do your hits and earn more and more. I can use my writing skills and help with finances. My next goal is paying for my daughter’s summer online class.