u/Fine-Interview2359

Quick update from a couple weeks ago. I was trying to find something steady I could do mostly from my iPad.

I tested three things and tracked my time so I wouldn't fool myself.

1. Surveys/offerwalls: Easy to do on the iPad while watching a show, but disqualifications are brutal. I spent about 45-60 minutes a day and after cashing out I ended up with roughly $3-5 per day. Super low effort, but it feels unreliable; one bad week and that income disappears.

2. Gift card flipping: I hang out in gift card groups, so I bought small amounts and resold for tiny margins. It worked when I was fast and careful. Profit was real but small, and I'm nervous about having money tied up even briefly. Not as passive as I thought either, since you need to be available to reply quickly.

3. Local cleaning: I posted in the neighborhood group and took two small deep-clean jobs (kitchen and bathroom). Best hourly rate by far, but it's physical work, scheduling is a pain, and without a car I'm limited to places I can walk to.

I can spare 6-8 hours a week and want something I can stick with. If you were in my shoes, would you try to scale the local cleaning, or keep the online stuff as the main thing and treat cleaning as occasional gigs? Any tips to make local cleaning more repeatable without turning it into a full business?

I'd like some real-world advice on pull discipline, especially with these recent banners that have tempting fodder.

I rebuild orbs slowly from dailies and events and I don't buy packs. On the current spark banner I mainly want one copy of a specific unit to use, but I also wouldn't mind a couple of the skills for inheritance. The trouble is I keep thinking "one more circle" because any focus 5 star could be useful, and before I know it I'm halfway to spark with nothing to show for it.

How do you set a stopping point? A few things I'm debating:

1. Do you only commit if you can realistically reach spark from the start, or do you ever start pulling with fewer orbs and hope to earn the rest before the banner ends?

2. If you pull an off-focus 5 star early, does that make you stop because you got something, or keep going since you're already invested?

3. Do you aim for full circles to build pity faster, or snipe one color and accept slower pity gain?

I know there is no perfect answer, but I'm trying to avoid burning my whole stash and then feeling stuck for the next banner. Any rules of thumb that actually worked for you, or examples of what you do in practice?