HETTY

Tag: Donations

  • I’m already writing for free!

    What job would you do for free?

    It’s true. I’m trying to monetize my WordPress blog, which I started in October 2025. I planned on relying on donations for my writing, which mostly focuses on poverty relief. How much have I made so far for the articles I posted? Zero!

    I’ll admit that I used AI generated content for some of the articles I posted. I just wrote the prompts, edited the generated content as needed, and copy and pasted the articles to my blog space. But some articles I wrote myself.

    I’m in fact losing some money from paying for Blaze advertising at times, paying for the WordPress domain, and then paid for the AI writing app. I also at times spend money to make certain recipes or go to events, and then write about them later.

    I also admit that I have the financial means to support myself now so I can write about different subjects. But my experience so far with blog writing has been discouraging, if I focus more on earning a living from writing.

    I recently read a social media post about someone else who tried and failed to make money online. It can be very hard, almost impossible if someone can’t invest massively in advertising or a lucrative service and/or product.

    Anyways, as far as jobs I would do for free that exist in real life, that are worth the stress and investment of time and effort? Not many. Maybe a club DJ, an astronaut, or a male porn star. The fringe benefits have to be worth it. Which of those 3 are more likely to happen in my lifetime though?

  • “Do you have any money you could give me/us?”

    What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.

    There’s variations of this question, but it’s a common one that happens the most often that irks me. Homeless or needy people asking me for any help I can offer. Advertising, political ads, and fundraisers asking me for buy or give. Sometimes friends or family will ask me to help them out. There’s various other examples.

    I have a limited income, and while it’s enough to support myself, I have to go without certain indulgences. I try to be frugal and yet I can be generous at times

    The problem is, while I can be generous and have a history of volunteering, there’s limits to my generosity. Like, I can give 2$ to a panhandler at times, but I can’t give the person 20$ or more. At least not too often. I definitely can’t buy the person a new home or even a hotel room for the night. And I can’t afford to give 2$ to 20 or more panhandlers in a day. That has happened before when I’m in cities.

    Another example. There is an annual pledge drive from a famous website that I and millions of others use and appreciate. I have donated smaller amounts at times, but I can’t afford to do larger donations every year. I also can’t afford to give to various fundraisers, only maybe one or 2 per year. There’s times when my bank account is close to going negative.

    I have a hard time saying “no”. There’s often a social pressure to say yes and give money to help others, buy certain products or services, or donate to different causes or political parties and candidates. I try to use my own judgement. I buy, donate, or give when I can afford it, but I can’t always afford it.

    So I end up feeling a lament that my generosity isn’t enough, or my income is too meager to make a big difference in someone’s life with my income, buy a more expensive product/service, or to support a cause I wish that I could. I buy/donate/give to a certain point, but if I go over that limit, I go into survival mode and start saying no or declining more often.

    So there’s a struggle in me between altruism and selfishness. It’s partly why keep to myself much of the time, or I have to cut people off if I’m asked to give more.

    The main reason I struggle with my generosity is, if I ever need financial help, I too often can’t find it. I’m lucky to have the income I have now, cuz I know there’s people living with much less.

  • Hetty Green: “The Witch of Wall Street”

    Hetty Green: “The Witch of Wall Street”

    I’m going to diversify the topics of articles on my blog, and write about the inspiration for the name of my blog. HETTY was named after Henrietta “Hetty” Green, an American investor and secret philanthropist during the late 19th and 20th century. At one time, she was the wealthiest woman in the US.

    I did limited research about her, but what I’ll write what I know. She came from a wealthy Quaker family based in Massachusetts, and received an 6 million$ inheritance after the deaths of her father and aunt in 1865. She was educated enough in finance by her father and grandfather to make her own investment decisions in her own modest home or in banks, and invested in mortgages, real estate, government bonds, railroad stocks, and other diverse investments.

    In 1867, she married Edward Henry Green, and soon after had 2 children, Edward Green II and Sylvia. It’s notable that her husband was also wealthy, but they kept their finances separate, and there was a pre-nuptial contract before the marriage. Hetty continued to invest and live frugally.

    Hetty was a shrewd investor, and she was known to have lived an extremely frugal lifestyle, bordering on miserliness. She ate simple meals (oatmeal is rumored to be part of her regular diet), lived in modest housing with her family, avoided paying for hot water and electricity, and after her husband died, she wore a single simple black mourning dress daily until it had to be replaced with other simple clothing.

    She may have been a miserly money hoarder, but she was also a financial genius, succeeding in an industry dominated by men. The media and business rivals of the time spread rumors about her extreme frugality, but she lived a simple life based on her Quaker upbringing. I see the frugal traits of Warren Buffet and the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement in her modest way of life.

    She was also misunderstood during her time. She did anonymously donate to charities in her life, and her 2 grown children later donated the majority of their 100 million dollar inheritance to various charities after Hetty Green’s death in 1916.

    I chose HETTY as the name as my blog, cuz I believe in Hetty Green’s philosophy of living as frugal as possible, lifelong learning, and low key generosity. I sometimes post articles at times about financial advice, money saving lifehacks, and ways to make and save money.

    Hetty Greene died in 1916 at her son’s home. She was able to turn a 6 million dollar inheritance into a fortune of over 100 million dollars. Adjusted for inflation in today’s dollars, that is over 2 billion dollars.

    Was Hetty Green truly a Witch, or the Queen of Wall Street?

  • Oh, the dream!

    What would you do if you won the lottery?

    Understand, I don’t play the lottery or gamble all that much. I know that the odds of winning a good sum of money from the lottery are really bad, and I maybe gamble once or twice a year at a casino, and it’s been small amounts that I can part with.

    I know that I can get out of control with gambling, but I think over time, I’m out 200$ between my lifetime winnings and losses. The most I ever won was over 400$ in Las Vegas, and I bowed out and paid bills soon after.

    However, if I did win a jackpot or even 100,000$, I would pay off any debt, give gifts to my family and friends. Maybe 2000$-$5000 each, depending on the winning amount. I would donate to some charities and the underdog political party of my choice, and then buy a ticket to The Netherlands or a Caribbean region country, get an investment visa, and try to live a comfortable and peaceful middle class lifestyle for the rest of my life. Invest and save a sum if I have any money left over. Of course, pay any necessary taxes.

    Of course I’d buy stuff, and I have my eye on some pricy items. No house or car though.

    Oh, and if I ever did ever win the big jackpot, I’m choosing the installment pay option. I don’t want to get too stupid with a large amount of money.

    And the dream bubble popped! Back to a humble existence. ~H

  • Please Donate

    Please Donate

    I have listed the money transfer apps that I used before, but it appears that WordPress/JetPack greyed out my transfer app IDs. Here they are again, hopefully not greyed out on this page:

    CASHAPP-$KyleAnderson1973
    PAYPAL-@kyleanderson124
    VENMO-@Kyle-Anderson-508

    I “made” the HETTY blog website because I originally had the idea of writing a cookbook that focused on affordable meal recipes. I was gonna write it in a funny style, cuz I can be funny at times. Humor is one of my coping mechanisms. (It’s true!)

    However, there’s so many cookbooks out there, and I know how hard it can be to find a publisher who will take a chance on a fledging writer. I know there’s also a lot of competition between websites, but websites have lower overhead. I decided to also expand the scope of helping to relief poverty, cuz eating cheaper foods only helps so much. I write about housing, clothing, shelter, money saving life hacks, and affordable hobbies also.

    I’m relatively better off than some people in this world, because I live off a disability and veterans pension. That may change, because of the world-wide shift in politics and worldview. COVID changed everything, for better or worse. So there’s the possibility that I may have to work again. And based on my skillset, my labor value is more limited than others.

    In my working life, I mostly got paid for working food service and retail, although I did study Journalism, Technical Writing, Basic Human Services, and Computer Information Systems over the years. I’m handicapped by social anxiety, depression, and lack of personal transportation.

    I have a history of donating, volunteering, and helping people out with money over the years, despite my limited means. I would hope that others can be at least as generous and helpful as I have over the years. Donating a dollar or a quarter can make a difference over time.

    I don’t expect to get rich from making content for this blog (Although that sure would be sweet!), but I’m hoping to generate an income so I can help myself and others. I plan on writing about different topics over time, such as about future technology. Fusion technology, for example, promises great benefits to humanity. If that technology can ever be improved, other technology can possibly offshoot from it, like a true “Cornucopia machine” or even teleportation of larger objects.

    Anyways, enough of my spiel. Any donations to my money transfer apps would be appreciated. I hope that others find this information found in this blog website helpful. Thank you.