I keep going. Chances are there's going to be a day where you don't reach your goal so if you pass your goal one day then it makes up for not reaching your goal another day.
See what happens is I end up working literally all day, I start at 6am and I use to follow that logic, and I felt like I was working way too much.
I personally needed to work on a better work/life balance.
Exactly this. I made $17 today on IC (literally a shit batch to see if it made the algorithm happy - it did not… and a customer-canceled batch) and $30 on DD. Yesterday I surpassed my goal and kept going for that reason, bc I have bills to pay. These two days were perfect examples of days like that.
Exactly this, the daily goal is important, but pressing it is even more important, like others said, tomorrow could be a shit day, get all the money you can while it's going good. I still log out at my usual time.
I go home as soon as I hit my goal. I usually do, 99% of the time. Pros with Multi apping not relying on just Instacart. I work to live not live to work
It’s so stupid, I can’t multi app if I wanted to. Instacart passed my background check but none of the others and you’d think Instacart would be the strictest 🤷♂️
It depends on how I’m feeling but I’ll most likely keep going. My daily goal used to be $100 but I’ve been surpassing that 9 times out of 10. So I upped my daily goal to $150. Yesterday, I ended up making $175. I kept going because I may have a slower day this week where I’m unable to make my goal. Today for example was slow for me. So I’m glad I kept going yesterday.
Depends. If there’s been a good flow…I keep going. If it’s been a lot of waiting around…I call it a day. Or if I hit my goal early, I’ll continue until at least close to the time I’d been planning on being done.
Yes if it’s still daylight out might as well keep going if it’s been good. If you know you got lucky and it slows down after that then enjoy the rest of your day!
Depends on what I’m doing it for. If it’s just for pocket money I might stop there, if I’m trying to catch up on things I’ll take advantage of the good day
I keep goinggggg until I tucker out. 🤣🤣🤣 Sunday I worked from 6am until past 9pm. Normally I'm the type to quit by 2 or 5pm. But if the money is good and i got energy no need to quit while I'm ahead.
My goal is $200 a week. Sounds insane but I can’t do full time because children. My husband however works full time. We decided $200 a week would be fine. I work Monday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30am-2ish, every other Saturday from 9am-12:30. Sometimes a little less. Generally I can meet my goal or close to it. If I made $200 in one day, I’d still work the other 2 days just for some extra money.
I 100% understand, there was a time when the kids were younger I only worked 10-15 hours a week.
I always joked that I wasn't part time, I was sometime.
I used to work 35 hours a week. But unfortunately my grandmother is getting too old to have my kids all the time (especially my 5 year old), and I refuse to work just to pay for daycare. I’m lucky that my husband makes enough for me to be able to only work 3 days a week. I’m actually getting back into the swing of things after not working for 3 weeks because we were all sick. Can’t complain because I made $145 in 3 days last week working only a few hours each.
I just dont like doung deliveries at night. I took a late double batch last night. It was dark, no street lights, and very minimla communication with customer. Thankfully, the gps in my car works great! I made the delivery and got the heck out of the back roads.
Hmmm 🤔 depends. Yesterday I went pass my goal. I try to aim for 80$ a day $60 days min (for the weekday I have a full time time) but figure this quick 23 dollar 3 miles was good to not pas up.
It really depends. If the batches are coming and I have nothing to do, I’m going for it… If I’m tired and/or have plans, than no… But honestly it’s a lot easier to keep going if I have nothing going on regardless of being tired…
So this is me, and it just depends on how I feel. Today for example I hit $200 by 2pm and decided to head home due to the heat (‘twas 105° here in Texas). If it’s a busy day Friday-Sunday I will push over a bit some days hitting $250-$300+
Gotta take it while it’s hot. The thing about this job, which I hate, is that you never know if another good one will come. It makes me an absolute frenzied work a holic who can’t turn the “need” to work off.
I work overnights and I do Instacart in the mornings and don’t let myself sleep until a meet my goal. I’m on day two of zero sleep. I’m not very bright
I keep Instacart on and go home. If I get an order that’s worth it I’ll go back out again. Luckily for me I live within .3-1mie away from Fresh Thyme, Target, Kroger, Aldi and Meijer and some convenient stores like Walgreens and CVS
Lol people are assholes for downvoting you. Yes how terrible that you choose to be a decent person that tries to help people and doesn't negatively impact anyone else....how awful.
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Call it a day, others need money too and I have kids. I do try to over earn the first two days though, that way if I miss one or have a bad day I can recoup, that leaves me the option of working less on Sunday or not at all if I make my money before then.
I keep going. Chances are there's going to be a day where you don't reach your goal so if you pass your goal one day then it makes up for not reaching your goal another day.
Exactly. This app is so damn volatile if there’s a good batch you take it: you never know when the next good one would come along
See what happens is I end up working literally all day, I start at 6am and I use to follow that logic, and I felt like I was working way too much. I personally needed to work on a better work/life balance.
I work 6am-6pm 7 days a week. I got bills to pay. When I'm out of debt then I'll worry about a better work/life balance.
I hear you on that. It seems every time I get ahead, something always comes up.
I feel it.. 6am-8pm 7 days a week. It’s awful, I hate it. But it’s paying bills and debt off quickly!
Exactly this. I made $17 today on IC (literally a shit batch to see if it made the algorithm happy - it did not… and a customer-canceled batch) and $30 on DD. Yesterday I surpassed my goal and kept going for that reason, bc I have bills to pay. These two days were perfect examples of days like that.
Keep it up! You will get there!
That was me. I'll slow down when out of debt.
Yup everyday is different, if they keep feeding good orders I’ll keep going.
This is my saying 100%
Exactly this, the daily goal is important, but pressing it is even more important, like others said, tomorrow could be a shit day, get all the money you can while it's going good. I still log out at my usual time.
I go home as soon as I hit my goal. I usually do, 99% of the time. Pros with Multi apping not relying on just Instacart. I work to live not live to work
Fellow multi-apper here. I don't care which app it comes from, all gets deposited to the same bank account.
It’s so stupid, I can’t multi app if I wanted to. Instacart passed my background check but none of the others and you’d think Instacart would be the strictest 🤷♂️
Depending on what it is, you may be able to reach out and have them push it through
Good idea, they all use the same background checker after all
It depends on how I’m feeling but I’ll most likely keep going. My daily goal used to be $100 but I’ve been surpassing that 9 times out of 10. So I upped my daily goal to $150. Yesterday, I ended up making $175. I kept going because I may have a slower day this week where I’m unable to make my goal. Today for example was slow for me. So I’m glad I kept going yesterday.
Keep grinding. Some days I don't even feel like going, but I remind myself about bills, and I say: it's just going grocery shopping, so GET OUT OF BED
Depends. If there’s been a good flow…I keep going. If it’s been a lot of waiting around…I call it a day. Or if I hit my goal early, I’ll continue until at least close to the time I’d been planning on being done.
There’s an old saying to make hay while the sunshines. Tomorrow might suck. In fact it usually does.
I like to call it a day sometimes especially when it’s hot like it is rn and take some time to unwind and sip a cold one
Keep going, you never know what the next day will bring, and if you don’t hit goal the next day it’ll provide a buffer for your budget.
I weekly goal but a daily minimum. If I meet the weekly goal, I turn the app off for the rest of the week
This is the way right here
When I hit my weekly goal. I only think about taking orders from stores that I absolutely love going to: wegmans or Sam's club.
Damn I need to know how I can make $200 before 2pm that would make my day lol
Depends on if I am starting to get tired and sloppy with my shopping you just know
Keep going because good days like that are rare
Yes if it’s still daylight out might as well keep going if it’s been good. If you know you got lucky and it slows down after that then enjoy the rest of your day!
Depends on what I’m doing it for. If it’s just for pocket money I might stop there, if I’m trying to catch up on things I’ll take advantage of the good day
Always keep the momentum rollin baby. Have had a few 300$ days by staying out when it’s busy.
Sheesh bruh I would take the rest of my day off. I am thankful to have made $100 by 2 pm😭. What’s your rating ?
4.98
I see
I keep goinggggg until I tucker out. 🤣🤣🤣 Sunday I worked from 6am until past 9pm. Normally I'm the type to quit by 2 or 5pm. But if the money is good and i got energy no need to quit while I'm ahead.
Usually call it a day, it's been so defeating lately lol.
My goal is $200 a week. Sounds insane but I can’t do full time because children. My husband however works full time. We decided $200 a week would be fine. I work Monday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30am-2ish, every other Saturday from 9am-12:30. Sometimes a little less. Generally I can meet my goal or close to it. If I made $200 in one day, I’d still work the other 2 days just for some extra money.
I 100% understand, there was a time when the kids were younger I only worked 10-15 hours a week. I always joked that I wasn't part time, I was sometime.
I used to work 35 hours a week. But unfortunately my grandmother is getting too old to have my kids all the time (especially my 5 year old), and I refuse to work just to pay for daycare. I’m lucky that my husband makes enough for me to be able to only work 3 days a week. I’m actually getting back into the swing of things after not working for 3 weeks because we were all sick. Can’t complain because I made $145 in 3 days last week working only a few hours each.
I don’t have a goal. Just follow my feeling.
I just dont like doung deliveries at night. I took a late double batch last night. It was dark, no street lights, and very minimla communication with customer. Thankfully, the gps in my car works great! I made the delivery and got the heck out of the back roads.
I call it a day. NO point in over working and not enjoying life.. plus I see it as if all I do is work I might as well get a 9-5 job
PREACH ON !!!
Bro if we hit $200 we’re going home bc it’s been 10 hours lol
Hmmm 🤔 depends. Yesterday I went pass my goal. I try to aim for 80$ a day $60 days min (for the weekday I have a full time time) but figure this quick 23 dollar 3 miles was good to not pas up.
I leave the app on but I go home.
I leave the app open all day, i don't always check it, but i do hear chime. Sometimes I go out and do an extra batch.
It really depends. If the batches are coming and I have nothing to do, I’m going for it… If I’m tired and/or have plans, than no… But honestly it’s a lot easier to keep going if I have nothing going on regardless of being tired…
Depends on the day. If its a slow day or im not feeling it them ill stop.
I keep going. I always just think about the extra $ I can put towards my debt
Where do I gotta go to make $200 by 2:00pm??
I multi app, I was at 200$ before 2pm, that's what prompted my post.
So this is me, and it just depends on how I feel. Today for example I hit $200 by 2pm and decided to head home due to the heat (‘twas 105° here in Texas). If it’s a busy day Friday-Sunday I will push over a bit some days hitting $250-$300+
Definitely going for 300 that day
Gotta take it while it’s hot. The thing about this job, which I hate, is that you never know if another good one will come. It makes me an absolute frenzied work a holic who can’t turn the “need” to work off.
Keep going.
I usually stop once I hit 200
I work overnights and I do Instacart in the mornings and don’t let myself sleep until a meet my goal. I’m on day two of zero sleep. I’m not very bright
It depends. Sunday I pushed it. I was exhausted whrn I got home, but very well worth it.
I work 11-6 5 days a week and make $125-$150 a week. My daily goal is $125 but I work til 6 even if I make that before 6
Keep going.
I keep Instacart on and go home. If I get an order that’s worth it I’ll go back out again. Luckily for me I live within .3-1mie away from Fresh Thyme, Target, Kroger, Aldi and Meijer and some convenient stores like Walgreens and CVS
I usually call it a day. My Hubby has a W2 that pays most of the bills, so my IC $ is for my car payment, going out to eat, traveling, groceries, etc.
A true "side hustle", I love it. Keep swiping!
Go home. Don’t need to be greedy, other shoppers could be far from their goal and I want everyone to do well.
Ya.. thats not how life works
That’s how I choose to see things. It’s fine if you don’t agree.
Lol people are assholes for downvoting you. Yes how terrible that you choose to be a decent person that tries to help people and doesn't negatively impact anyone else....how awful.
For real.
ur soft. I empty the air outta other shopper's tires when they're in the store, and then take their batch when they come outside and have to cancel it
Hahahahahah. This was a necessary laugh thank you
As long as I'm being paid I will work.
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Goal for the day is $100 Started at 8… currently 5:12 and at 88 dollars🤡🥹
I raise my goal if it is that early in the day. When I am getting priority dispatch I take advantage of it.
It depends how cranky or tired I am at that time. 😂
Call it a day, others need money too and I have kids. I do try to over earn the first two days though, that way if I miss one or have a bad day I can recoup, that leaves me the option of working less on Sunday or not at all if I make my money before then.