Plant a garden, it takes time for it to grow..
You will find their are very few free lunches...
Do a couple of CC offfers a year, and go to work, life will be better with a strong foundation...it not party time yet you have just began..
The mint good for 2000 miles a month, don't call attention to yourself...the garden grows slow, but it will grow and produce some good fruit..another avenue of miles revenue..