Getting paid to be at home is a great way to improve your work/life style. There are ways to work from home, passive income opportunities, and ways that you can be paid to even be a stay-at-home parent. Thanks to lockdowns there has been a massive shift in the work/life balance and expectations, meaning you now have more opportunities than ever before to be paid while at home. 

1. Negotiate with Your Employer 

The first way that everyone should consider when they want to work from home is to simply negotiate. Working from home has become the norm and there is no going back to the previous method of five-day work weeks in the office. If your employer refuses to allow you to work remotely, find a new employer who will. Working from home is now the standard, not a perk. 

2. Become a Foster Parent 

You can open up a variety of childcare-related businesses in your home, but these come with relatively large upstart costs and, most importantly, you will need to market and get clients for your day care. The good news is that, if you love children and want to care for them, becoming a foster parent is an excellent vocation. Though you will want to use thefca.co.uk fostering finance calculator, know that you can earn approximately £420 per child, per week. This amount isn’t just to cover the day-to-day living expenses, such as food, clothing, activities and everyday living, but includes a professional fee which rewards our foster parents for all their hard work. The fee could be used for all the fun days out and family adventures and the costs of looking after a child.

3. Create Content Digitally 

A great, easy way to get paid to be at home is to create content. Writing books, guides, creating courses, and of course creating art or assets digitally are all ways that you can be paid right at home. You can work as a writer, photographer, designer, digital artist, personal coach and more right from home. Done right you can even set everything up so that you bring in a passive income. 

To earn an income passively you need to sell that digital content regularly, and even automatically. If you are a photographer, for example, you can find a print-on-demand company that will fulfil orders on your behalf. This means that customers can buy your images, and then that company will print the picture and send it to them without any additional work on your part. 

Simple passive income streams like this can quickly add up, though you will want to continue to develop and add more content options to keep previous customers coming back. 

4. Rent Out a Room

If you have a spare room then dress it up and rent it out. This is the original selling point of Airbnb, and a great way to earn money on the side. It does take a bit of work, yes, but when you are making a substantial amount every year (£7,500 tax-free) just by letting people sleep in your spare room the benefits far outweigh the little extra work.