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Paid to exercise

We live in a weird world. Recently, I've been getting paid to exercise.

My company has partnered with another company called Jiff. After I registered my fitbit account to Jiff, Jiff gives me points based on how many steps I take and how much I sleep. I can then redeem those points for prepaid cards or I can enter raffles.

Here are some numbers for you:

• 600 points will give you a $20 gift card.
• 50 points will give you a raffle ticket for things like an ipad mini or a new fitbit.

For the last few months, I have gotten around 500 points per month. It could be a little bit higher if 1) I always remembered to wear my fitbit and 2) I entered things into a food log (which I always forget to do). All in all, it takes me a little over a month to make $20.

So far, I've entered a couple of raffles (but haven't won anything yet) and I have gotten 1 visa prepaid debit card.

I had a little trouble using the virtual $20 prepaid card. First, I wanted to use it with iTalki. But I found out that there is a processing fee. If I used it there, I'd have a remaining balance, and then I'd be stuck trying to figure out how to spend the leftover balance. Then I tried to buy some credits for my digital ocean account. For some reason, the charge was rejected. Finally, I successfully was able to spend it all on credits for indoor hoops.

It is fitting that I was able to use money generated from my fitness activities to do more exercise.