Finance with Rodrigues

 I used to think Pinterest was just for recipes, fashion ideas, and home décor inspo. Until one day, while doing my usual “how to make money online” rabbit hole scroll, I stumbled on someone casually saying they make passive income from Pinterest. From Kenya. With no followers. That caught my attention. At first, I was skeptical. I mean, we already have TikTok, YouTube, Fiverr — how does Pinterest , of all platforms, pay? But out of curiosity, I tried. And now I’m making small but consistent money monthly. Not millions yet, but it’s real — and it grows with time. Let me break it down, in simple steps, just like I wish someone had explained it to me. Pinterest is Not a Social Media App — It’s a Search Engine. That was the biggest mindset shift. While platforms like Instagram or TikTok depend on trends and followers, Pinterest works like Google. People go there to search for ideas. So instead of worrying about growing followers, you focus on creating content that shows up when...

  There was a time I hated looking at my phone after the 20th of every month. Not because I didn’t have bundles — but because I didn’t want to see my bank balance. I was tired of being broke. Every month felt the same. Payday would come, and for a few days, I'd feel like life was looking up — till that silent anxiety crept in again. Transport, a few mpesa fulizas, eating out, that “small” loan to a friend I couldn’t ask back… and just like that, I’d be back to zero. Sometimes negative. But here’s the kicker: my income didn’t change. What changed was my thinking. One random evening, I sat in traffic in Nairobi West, just staring out the window, calculating how much money I had wasted that week. Ksh 180 on a daily snack. Ksh 400 on random rides when I could walk. Subscriptions I didn’t even use. The numbers were adding up — just in the wrong direction. So I tried an experiment. No budgeting apps, no motivational finance quotes. I just told myself: Spend like someone who earns hal...