Why Everyone Needs a Side Hustle
A recent survey revealed that 44 million American adults claim they have a side gig. Are you one of them? If you not, what are you waiting for? Millennials are currently making a median of $200 a month via the side hustle. If you aren’t familiar with the side hustle. It is simply a secondary source of income. Common side hustles include travel blogger, photographer, network or social media marketing, ESL teacher, fitness instructor, and IT related work.
You may have a dream job with a dream boss, dream salary, and amazingly wonderful co-workers – but you still need a side hustle. In addition to the extra cash flow having a side gig that you are passionate about can improve your quality of life. Beyond being able to fund your avocado toast habit, here is why we think everyone should have a side hustle.
Side Hustles Allow You to Pursue Your Passion - Have you heard the saying “choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life”? Most of us have jobs that we are less than excited to go to on Monday mornings. Having a side hustle that is in alignment with your passion will give you an outlet to do what you love. Read this article to get help on identifying what you are passionate about
Side Hustles Can Be Fulfilling – Everyone has strengths and everyone has weaknesses. Your strengths may be hard for you to identify because it comes naturally to you. You excel at your strengths and might get frustrated at those who can’t do those things that come naturally to you. Let’s go ahead and call your strengths your gifts. Having a side hustle can be fulfilling because it will allow you to use your gifts and have a tremendous impact on those around you. We don’t know about you but we at YPSLC enjoy using our gifts and having an impact on others. It makes our heart warm.
Side Hustles Can Provide You With Flexibility – You may not start side hustling with the goal of quitting your day job but having a side hustle provides you with the flexibility that comes with options. Get a new boss you hate? Have a co-worker that is driving you crazy in the workplace? Company implement a no work from home policy? Luckily you have been spending time building a side hustle that doesn’t feel like a job because you are passionate about it. Now your side hustle provides you with a significant income and you know even if you quit your job you can make your income back via your side hustle. Having a side hustle is essentially career insurance.
Side Hustles Provide You With Extra Income – Even if it is only $100 extra dollars a month. It is $100 extra dollars you didn’t have before. You can donate it, splurge on something nice for yourself, pay down debt, or go on vacation.
Side Hustles Can Help You Develop New Skills That Carry Over to Your Day Job – You are the boss of you via your side hustle. You are also Chief Executive Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Operating Officer, office manager and everything in between. Wearing these hats will teach you new skills that will translate over to your day job and can help you excel in your career.
Side Hustles Can Help You Meet New People – You will undoubtedly meet new people as you work on your side hustle. Meeting new people can open new doors and put you in touch with experiences you never dreamed of.
To quote a Quartz Media article, “The side hustle offers something worth much more than money: A hedge against feeling stuck and dull and cheated by life”. Simply put, if you don’t have a side hustle you need one.
Interested in figuring out what you can do to begin side hustling? Join us at 6:00pm on October 24 at Impact Hub Salt Lake to learn how you can go from an idea of a side hustle to action in 27 days. We will have cupcakes and the guy who literally wrote the book on side hustling will share his stories and give tips.
If you are interested in starting a side business but are not sure what you can or should do, The Side Hustle School World Tour will be a great place to bounce ideas off of each other.