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Postby kat82 » 02 Jul 2025, 11:14

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Many people think that five dollars is small money that cannot help in life. But this is not true. Even small money can bring change if we use it with wisdom. I have seen people in my village and town who started with little money and grew it to something big. Back then when I was still young, mum used to say that "even small seeds have the chance of becoming big trees". Being you, I didn't know what the meant in real life besides knowing that the big trees I see might have come from smaller seeds. But as I grew older, I came to learn the hidden meaning as I started to see that even small money if used well would help one to grow financially.

Five dollars may look like little, but it has power if you open your mind. Many people spend five dollars on food they do not need or drinks that make them happy for a short time. But if you use that money wisely, you can plant a seed for your future. Let me share some hidden secrets of how to use five dollars to change your life.

Start a Small Business Idea

The first secret is to use five dollars to start a small business idea. Many people think business needs big money. But sometimes you only need small money to begin. For example, you can use five dollars to buy oranges or bananas and sell them in the market. You can buy groundnuts and roast them to sell near the road or at busy places. You can even buy small things like sweets and sell them to people.

A woman called Mariam in my village started selling roasted groundnuts. She used only a little money, but today, she sells many packets every day. She sends her children to school and buys food for her home from that small business. It all started with small money. The secret is to look around your place and see what people like to buy. Use the small money to give them what they want. When people trust you, they will always come back to buy from you.

Buy and Save Seeds

Another secret is buying seeds for planting. 5 dollars can buy low maturity vegetable seeds like sukuma, onions, tomatoes, or spinach which you can plant and sell when ready from your small piece of land. You can then sell to neighbors or people who have small hotels. This brings you money and helps you eat fresh food.

Learn Something New

Another way to use five dollars is to learn something new. Many people think learning needs big money, but that is not always true. You can pay someone in your area to teach you how to make soap, bake small cakes, or plait hair. Sometimes, people charge small money to show you how to do things. My friend Aisha learned how to make liquid soap by paying a lady five dollars. Today, Aisha sells soap in bottles and makes small profits every day. She started with small knowledge and small money, but now her life is better.

Knowledge is a treasure. When you learn a skill, you can use it to make money for many years. It is better than spending money on things that finish quickly.

Save Slowly for a Bigger Plan

Another secret is saving your five dollars for many days. If you put five dollars away every week, after some time you will have more money. You can then use it for something bigger like buying a goat, chicken, or opening a small business. In my area, we have savings groups where people put money together every week. After some months, each person gets a chance to take the money and use it for something important. This helps people who do not have big money to start.

If you save small money every week, you will one day have big money. The secret is to have patience and discipline.
Buy Tools for Work Another hidden secret is buying simple tools that help you work. If you live in a place where people need services, you can use five dollars to buy tools for cutting hair, fixing shoes, or washing clothes. A man in my town bought a small shoe brush and polish. He started cleaning shoes for people and earned small money every day. Now, he has a bigger business for repairing shoes.

Tools can help you work and bring you money every day. Instead of spending five dollars on things that end quickly, you can buy things that help you make more money.

Give to Help Someone in Need

Sometimes, the secret to blessings is helping others. If you have five dollars, you can help someone who has nothing. You can buy food for a hungry person or give soap to someone who cannot afford it. Helping others brings peace to your heart. Many times, blessings come back to you in ways you do not expect. My mother always told me, “A hand that gives is a hand that receives.” Even if you do not get money back, you get happiness and respect from people around you. You remember, when I was seeking help for my sons heart surgery, Forumcoin members donated for the cause.

Can $5 be helpful?

My friend, five dollars may look small in your hand, but it has great power if you think wisely. Do not say you are poor because you have only small money. Use the secrets I have shared and start your journey to a better life.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby Fergal » 05 Jul 2025, 09:35

Thanks kat82, I really like your article and it is a great reminder of the potential of even a small amount of money. Can you please share a little of your personal experience in relation to this concept?
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby Treborika » 05 Jul 2025, 09:58

For me l can say that some ten and above years back $5 had a great value. One could spend that money for like a week. However nowadays things have changed and the cost of living is very high such that it's hardly for one to survive with it for a single day alone.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby kat82 » 05 Jul 2025, 15:52

Fergal wrote:Thanks kat82, I really like your article and it is a great reminder of the potential of even a small amount of money. Can you please share a little of your personal experience in relation to this concept?
ForumCoin is my experience. I raised some good money from the FC donations you recall well. They were not much but they did a great work for me?
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby W.F » 05 Jul 2025, 17:34

I visited your site kat! Also fantastic article yes seeds do grow into big trees but remember this it needs to be watered taken care of looked after and then will you find results.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby eldavis » 05 Jul 2025, 17:59

At the moment $5 don't really have much value, i tend to spend more than this most times in buying data alone to access the Internet cause my line of work tends to consume a lot of data.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby Jem Smith » 07 Jul 2025, 01:34

That's an interesting perspective. You are right that there are quite a few things you could do with $5.

I spent $5 this morning on a game on Steam. Not the most practical use for the money, but it is one that's been on my wishlist for a while and it's on sale (usually $30), and hopefully it will bring me a lot of fun in the next few months.

kat82 wrote:For example, you can use five dollars to buy oranges or bananas and sell them in the market.


I don't think that would work in Australia because you would have to pay to have a market stall and it would be more than $5 (like $50 maybe?), but I guess it could work in other places.

Re learning something new, there are sometimes online courses on sale. A site I have used called Udemy sometimes reduces the price of their courses to $1.99 for a limited time. I got a croupier course to learn to shuffle cards better, and you could probably use something like that to get a job in a casino.

Giving to someone in need is a great use for it too.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby Fergal » 07 Jul 2025, 05:31

Jem Smith wrote:Udemy sometimes reduces the price of their courses to $1.99 for a limited time.

That's great, I have purchased quite a few Udemy courses and the lowest I have ever seen them offered for sale is $9.99. They must offer different prices in different locations, or perhaps existing customers don't get such good offers.

Jem Smith wrote:I got a croupier course to learn to shuffle cards better

Sounds great, much more interesting than the IT courses I've done there :)
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby kat82 » 07 Jul 2025, 14:20

W.F wrote:watered taken care of looked after and then will you find results.
Yea, since water is mostly free, you have an option to water until they grow..

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eldavis wrote:At the moment $5 don't really have much value, i tend to spend more than this most times in buying data alone to access the Internet cause my line of work tends to consume a lot of data.
That depends on where you live. $5 when converted to Uganda shillings is 17,936.80 UGX. That is huge amount to start when you go to Owino and Nakasero where suppliers sell in bulk.

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Jem Smith wrote:I don't think that would work in Australia because you would have to pay to have a market stall and it would be more than $5 (like $50 maybe?), but I guess it could work in other places.
Then the cost of buying stuff is different from here.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby Spontaneo » 08 Jul 2025, 01:58

I like to spend $5.00 on drinks once a week.

My local grocery store has been selling 2 crates of water for $5.00.

Then, there are weeks when I buy a 12-pack of generic diet soft drink or generic sparkling water for $5.00.

With the hot and humid weather, cool drinks come in handy.

However, in the winter, I like to buy a box of coffee K-cups for $5.00.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby kat82 » 08 Jul 2025, 07:41

Spontaneo wrote:I like to spend $5.00 on drinks once a week.

My local grocery store has been selling 2 crates of water for $5.00.

Then, there are weeks when I buy a 12-pack of generic diet soft drink or generic sparkling water for $5.00.

With the hot and humid weather, cool drinks come in handy.

However, in the winter, I like to buy a box of coffee K-cups for $5.00.
Just imagine you were a retailer. Do you know how much you can make out of it?
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby Spontaneo » 10 Jul 2025, 21:08

kat82 wrote:
Spontaneo wrote:I like to spend $5.00 on drinks once a week.

My local grocery store has been selling 2 crates of water for $5.00.

Then, there are weeks when I buy a 12-pack of generic diet soft drink or generic sparkling water for $5.00.

With the hot and humid weather, cool drinks come in handy.

However, in the winter, I like to buy a box of coffee K-cups for $5.00.
Just imagine you were a retailer. Do you know how much you can make out of it?


Especially on chilled drinks during the summer!
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby Jem Smith » 12 Jul 2025, 01:36

Fergal wrote:
Jem Smith wrote:Udemy sometimes reduces the price of their courses to $1.99 for a limited time.

That's great, I have purchased quite a few Udemy courses and the lowest I have ever seen them offered for sale is $9.99. They must offer different prices in different locations, or perhaps existing customers don't get such good offers.

Jem Smith wrote:I got a croupier course to learn to shuffle cards better

Sounds great, much more interesting than the IT courses I've done there :)


Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but I'm pretty sure they were under $5. That's why I bought some fairly ridiculous ones that I otherwise might not have taken a chance on.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby ptrikha21 » 12 Jul 2025, 14:37

Small amounts when preserved and grown can be a great asset.
In fact, we sometimes see special Small Savings seminars and even talks.
I also like the idea of buying Seeds for such an amount.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby kat82 » 13 Jul 2025, 04:31

ptrikha21 wrote:Small amounts when preserved and grown can be a great asset.
In fact, we sometimes see special Small Savings seminars and even talks.
I also like the idea of buying Seeds for such an amount.
True that. Once you learn how to get the cheap items, you will understand the power of $5 even more
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby Spontaneo » 20 Sep 2025, 20:30

There are days when I have $5 so I go to the Dollar Tree and buy 4 items at $1.25 each for a total of $5.00.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby cmoneyspinner » 20 Sep 2025, 23:02

In USA, you can use $5 to either buy crypto or buy stock.
That's what I do when I have $5. If I don't waste it on fast food. :lol:
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby kat82 » 21 Sep 2025, 12:57

Spontaneo wrote:There are days when I have $5 so I go to the Dollar Tree and buy 4 items at $1.25 each for a total of $5.00.
That's so cool. If you can find something that is of need, it's is Great.

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cmoneyspinner wrote:In USA, you can use $5 to either buy crypto or buy stock.
That's what I do when I have $5. If I don't waste it on fast food. :lol:
Wow, and stocks will mature and you get more out of it.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby cmoneyspinner » 23 Sep 2025, 01:07

kat82 wrote:Wow, and stocks will mature and you get more out of it.


Teah. I do my best to try to pick stocks that will increase in value, but sometimes I don't. Most people say just hold them because they might increase. I don't take chances. I buy a small amount - $5 or $10. I check every month. If I see green, I keep the stock. If I see a negative (a decrease in value), I sell the stock.

That's why I like that you can buy fractional shares.

With crypto, I buy a stablecoin because it pays interest. USDC earns 4.10%.
I am also trying staking altcoins because they pay a higher percentage.
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Re: What Would You Do with $5?

Postby kat82 » 23 Sep 2025, 10:31

cmoneyspinner wrote: I check every month. If I see green, I keep the stock. If I see a negative (a decrease in value), I sell the stock.
So you monitor every now and then to see if a particular stock is doing well and or bad. Very interesting am picking that idea from you.
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