manage your day job and your side hustle

A side hustle can become a hard task to manage when you don’t plan things properly. If you are currently struggling to find a balance between your regular job and your side hustle, then this post is for you. Some people want to earn extra money, but they don’t take into consideration how doing it will affect their daily lives. Overall, there are many factors that you should consider, but we have gathered five tricks to manage your day job and your side hustle so you can make your life easier!

Find a Side Hustle that Complements your Regular Job

If you don’t want your work life to collapse, then you can choose to find a side hustle that complements your regular job, that way you’ll be performing greatly at both things while at the same time you’ll be earning some extra money at the end of the month. To give you an example, if you’re a journalist, you can choose to have a side hustle that is about writing, for example, a blog. That way, you’ll be improving your abilities as a writer while at the same time your earnings will increase.

Build boundaries between your regular job and your side hustle

Don’t combine them, seriously. It gets hard when you don’t know how to make boundaries between both things. By this, we mean that you should choose a schedule to work on your side hustle so you don’t end up crazy while trying to do both things at the same time. There’s a time and place for everything, so you shouldn’t push yourself too hard (see the next point) while trying to earn some extra money.

Don’t push yourself too hard

If you’re currently struggling to get money, we understand that you’ll want to work as much as you can to earn more; however, this isn’t a good idea. After you have found a balance between your day job and your side hustle, don’t do anything that might break it. Remember that your health is important, and sometimes you might end up being too stressed to work or even stop sleeping.

Your work is worth something

A common mistake that beginners commit when doing Freelance jobs, for example, is to work for free. That’s a big no because even if what you’re doing is pretty basic, it is still worth it. Always request at least a percentage of the payment before you start working with someone so you can avoid future problems.

Learn when to say ‘No’

We’ve been there. You don’t want to waste opportunities, and you take as many as you want. This isn’t a good idea, and that’s why you have to learn to dismiss the ones that you think won’t do well for you. When you learn how to say no, you will also learn a great lesson about control. Remember that you’re the one who chooses when and where to work when it comes to side hustles.

Side Hustle Ideas You Probably Don’t Know

When it comes to Side Hustle, there are many options out there. The most known ones are freelancing and doing surveys, but there’s a lot of things out there that you can do. If you are looking for new and innovative ways of earning extra money, then this post will work well for you. Let’s start naming them!

Grocery Shop for People

There are certain websites that are dedicated to this, as weird as it sounds (and they pay very well for it!). Since we’re currently going through a pandemic, many people don’t want to go out. You can take a risk and start earning some extra money by going grocery shopping for people near you!

Sell your DIY stuff

EVERYTHING has a price, and you can start making easy but useful crafts like decorations, accessories, and many other things to earn a bit of extra money. These items are often amazing, especially if they’re ‘cute’ stuff, like paper flowers, or origami (although learning how to do that can take you a bit of time, though). Make sure you know what you’re going to do, and then proceed to sell it!

Donate Blood

This kind of feels like you’re selling your blood, but you’re actually helping people who may need it. BloodBanker is one of the websites that pay you for this, but you can look in other places for more information. For every donation, you will earn a minimum of $50.

Social Media Manager

Also known as a community manager, it is a great way of earning some extra money. The task is easy, and you’ll learn more things about digital marketing. All you need is creativity, and to look for potential clients. Overall, everyone can become a community manager, and some companies pay a great amount for taking care of their socials!

Cooking treats for Pets

This is not odd, because pets are part of the family. However, not many people know that you can earn some extra money by cooking treats for pets like dogs, for example. Some pet supply stores will pay you a good amount for your baked treats!

Selling your Hair

Do you have long hair and have been looking for a new style? Then, you can sell it depending on the price it may have. There are tools around the web that let you know that, but you can go to beauty salons and ask for the price too. People pay a ton for good hair!

Get paid by testing websites

Web developers are often testing their new sites, and for that, sometimes they pay people to just navigate around the web and inform them of the errors or bugs they may find around the web.

Try becoming a Tutor

Do you have something you’re really good at, like maths, physics…? The list goes on, and it doesn’t matter what you want to teach, there’s probably someone out there who is willing to pay you if you teach them. There are many websites out there that help you with this, and in the latest years, becoming an English tutor has become very popular!