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.

Indoor Hoops

I had my first experience playing basketball with Indoorhoops.com.

I first signed up for a game a couple of weeks ago, on the Sunday of Mother's day, but there weren't enough people, and the scheduled game was cancelled.

I tried again, and this time there were enough people, and I got to play. I haven't played full court basketball in a couple of years, so I was a little bit nervous whether I could keep up. In the end, I think my skill level was just fine. I'm not sure where I would rank among all the players there, but the team I played on won a few games, and I contributed to those wins somewhat. Basically, I didn't stick out like a sore thumb of incompetence, so that was good.

I think there were about 12 people for a 5v5 game. The winner stayed on, and if you lost, you had a pretty decent chance of getting in the next game, just by hitting some free throws. I think I played for about an hour and half straight, before I volunteered to sit one out.

It was a hot day, and the court was hot too. This was OK with me, and probably helped me get a good workout. The court I went to was a bit small, which was Ok as well, because I probably would've gotten tired faster if it were bigger.

It was a good experience, and I plan on doing it again.

If you want to try it out, consider using this link: https://indoorhoops.com/in/refer/CNFJN12678, so that I can get some referral credits.