
Side-Hustle
First - I wonder why there isn't an "Income" category in the forums. I mean, one way to make your budgeting easier is to generate more income! That can come in a raise, or investing in education, or starting your own business. Lots of options!
Speaking of starting your own business....I'd love to start a conversation with all the side-hustlers out there.
Who's got a job/career...but also side-hustles? I've done wedding photography, sold an artsy-fartsy book, built online courses and done affiliate marketing.
My fav side-hustles include some passive income. All that extra income is considered "gravy" money in my YNAB budget. I don't rely on it to put food on the table. It pays for vacations, new computers, and builds my emergency fund.
How about you?
Do you have anything happening on the side? Tell us about it! Link us to your website too! :)
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Ryan Oakley - I came to this forum *just* to look for a conversation about a Side Hustle!
I recently signed up for e-mails from sidehustleschool.com and am starting to really brainstorm about what kind of Side-hustle I could potentially get going for myself.
I'd love to hear what others are doing out there. The only extra job that I can think of out there is babysitting, which doesn't pay much considering the saturation of babysitters in my area... I'm trying to think of a more niche market to aim toward.
I have a para-professional job in the mental health field and absolutely love it. I'm seeking a side hustle as a way of paying off my debt more aggressively. Trying to think of ideas that make sense.
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I work full time in marketing, but I've got a couple side hustles. I work maybe 10 hours a week in retail (although I need to quit - definitely has become more of an expense than an income!), and I walk dogs as I'm available through an app. LOVE the dog walking, could honestly do without the retail ... and the marketing, at this point.
I'm seriously considering quitting my full-time job and finding something part time that I'm more passionate about / allows me to leave work at work, and putting in the real effort to start a business. It's a huge leap and, of course, I need to figure out my budget and sort through what would be realistic with my student loans.
But for now, the side hustles help keep me sane!
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I homeschool my kids as my full time work but have been doing proofreading for a couple of years now and recently had an old colleague contact me about doing some engineering work (my work before quitting to homeschool) so now I'm doing some of that too. It's programming based and recently have started thinking about getting into app making, one of the kids had started learning via Kahn academy and figured we could maybe do it as a joint project, is great for his education and could earn us some funny money to boot.
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My son says I am a queen of side-hustles. LOL. It started back when he was a little guy and I began mystery shopping and then merchandising. I did that for about three years. I then found a website that allowed me to be a virtual assistant, which I did that for a few years. That led to math tutoring through an iOS app (if anyone needs a math tutor and is curious, let me know). Now I mainly do online data entry and transcription for my extra fun money.
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I've been teaching music lessons on the side for years. When my husband wasn't paying child support years ago, it really kept us going. Now, I do it for fun money. Recently (about 2 years ago) I started renting a room in my house through Airbnb. I'm now a Super Host! That money was going to a "home maintenance" fund but now I've decided to move away from the area in a year and that money will go to moving expenses. So great to have YNAB categories for all of this!
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PS, my side hustle is vacation rentals. www.TayloredRentals.com Ryan Oakley I'm in the process of developing an online marketing business including courses and tools for DIY design enthusiasts. It's fun to see a like mind in here.
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I've been doing freelance IT work since I was about 15. :P
I still do a bit here and there, but I don't actively pursue new clients. Most of my clients are friends or friends of people in the church or some such.
My random income from that is also just a bonus for my budget, usually letting me pick up a little thing I've been wanting (game or DVD or whatever) or put towards one of my larger goals.
I'd love to get more into photography as well, but I do that as a hobby and don't have the time to dedicate to it to learn everything well enough to do it for pay at this time.