Today we’re talking about strategies for creating a side hustle that fits into your busy schedule.
So if you’re anything like me when I first started my side hustle, you’re working full time and you need to work full time. You have obligations, and you’re not in a position to just leave that steady paycheck – but you also want to do something you love for a living.
You know it’s going to take you some time to get there, a couple years even, so you don’t want to burn yourself out and alienate your friends and family because you’re working all the time. Yes, I did that in the beginning, and it was not fun, and I’ll tell you all about it on another pep talk.
So you could create a side hustle where you’re freelancing, doing one-on-one work for clients, but I can tell you from experience that just creates a lot of stress.
Now you have more bosses, more deadlines and way less time, and it’s difficult to scale because you’re literally selling your time, and since you don’t have unlimited time, you have limits on what you can make.
Or, you can create the kind of side hustle where you sell your KNOWLEDGE and EXPERTISE online instead of your time in person.
That kind of side hustle allows you to serve many more people at one time. You don’t have to be physically present to do it, and you can make a lot more money than you can from selling your time.
So how do you get started? There are a couple of things to figure out first.
Pull out a pen and paper today and answer these questions:
- What are you an expert in?
- What do you love doing?
- What do you love helping people with?
- What comes easy to you but is difficult for others?
- What do people ask for your help with? It could be something you get paid to do at work, but it could also be something that’s a hobby, or just a quality you have.
The second thing to figure out is who do you love helping?
Because let’s be honest, there are some people that when they want your help or some projects that you work on, even if it’s something you typically love doing, when that person asks you, you totally dread it.
So what kinds of people do you want to help? And get specific.
And then tomorrow, I’m going to share with you what you’re going to do with your answers.
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