As I mention in my about me page, I will be sharing my experiences as I dip my toes into the side hustle world all while spending $0 that I didn’t earn from hustling. The blog you are reading right now is just one of the things I’m trying as I start work on building myself my ideal life, to borrow a term from hedge funds, working on reaching my personal alpha – a key desire of mine is to have helped as many people as possible to live their ultimate life, and if I can do that while working on my own alpha-list, then so much the better. As I work on various hustles I will document my progress, highlighting what worked, what didn’t and the resources and tools I’m using to develop my side hustle and start adding real $s to my monthly budget.
The first hustle that I’ve started and been doing while I worked on creating this blog was to turn spare time waiting for laundry or cooking into small amounts of money via Swagbucks, by using Swagbucks to browse the web as well as filling out some short surveys I’m able to usually turn 40 unprofitable minutes into a buck or two. This isn’t much by itself, but over a few months it has added up to $90, which was more than enough to get started on this blog, as well as to start funding a small after-tax investment account with my proceeds. This way I can build a slush fund to keep my hustles going through thick and thin.
Swagbucks is a great platform for getting started, however I would note that you may be asked to verify your address before you can redeem your first code for a gift card – I did this and have since redeemed over $90 in gift cards. Another tip for maximizing your earnings if you use Amazon is to make sure to use the $25 for 2200SB offer that recurs monthly – this way you can make an extra $3 simply by a smart redemption choice – if you don’t use Amazon or similar you can also take a straight redemption to a PayPal account which will let you directly fund anything you want.
I am a financial freedom hustler and entrepreneur based in Seattle, WA. I run this blog to share the tools and techniques I use to stretch my income and radically increase my savings rate for the future in the hope it inspires and helps you to build your own version of the future.