33 Practical Ways to Make Extra Money

Has the chaos of 2020 got you thinking about ways to increase your income in the new year?

Here’s 33 practical ideas to get you started.

How to Find the Perfect Side Hustle

The perfect side hustle, from my experience, incorporates two things:

  • a thing that you enjoy

  • a flexible schedule

Before you choose your side hustle you should take the time to consider what is your goal with this extra income. Is it to pay some bills? Pay off debt? To have some money to spend on fun? To build a business?

Think about some of things you enjoy to do on your free time as you dive into this list of practical side hustle ideas.

SEASONAL

Part-time Earning Potential: Few hundred / month

  • Snow removal

  • Holiday retail

  • Ice cream shop employee

PET LOVER

Part-time Earning Potential: hundred to thousand/ month

  • Dog walker

  • Pet sitting

  • Pet grooming

ACADEMICS/ RESEARCH

Part-time earning potential: few hundred to thousand / month

  • Proof-reading essays and books

  • Writing papers

  • Grading papers

  • Tutoring

  • ESL teaching

  • Transcribe

AD HOCS

Part-time Earning Potential: varies widely

  • Task Rabbit - build furniture, organize rooms

  • Survey Taker

  • Brand Ambassador

  • Mystery shopping

  • Focus groups

  • Uber Eats

  • Lyft / Uber

CORPORATE / OFFICE

Part-time earning potential: couple hundred / week

  • Virtual Assistant

  • Temporary administrative work with your local temp agency

FREELANCE

Part-time Earning Potential: uncapped

  • Fiverr to sell your services

  • Custom t-shirt printing

  • Write and sell an e-book on something that comes easy to you

  • Photography

  • Blogging as a guest on an established blog site

  • Event Planner

  • Project Manager

  • Personal Trainer

  • Notary

  • Professional Organizer

  • YouTube

  • Resell pre-owned items with yard sale, poshmark, or depop


Do you have a side hustle? What other side hustle ideas do you have?