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?