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The 25 Best Side Hustles for Nurses: Realistic Ways to Earn $1,000+ a Month

January 31, 2022January 18, 2022

Nursing is a highly-skilled and in-demand profession, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t have a side hustle to make extra money.

Even with a median salary of over $75,000 a year, many nurses seek out side hustles to pay down debt, save for a rainy day, or just to get ahead on their budget.

Nursing is experiencing strong job growth, and your skills and training as a nurse translate nicely into many different side hustles. And with a schedule that often features more off-days each week, you may have the flexibility to explore opportunities that other workers don’t.

In this article, I’ll share some of my top side hustle ideas for nurses.

Passive Real Estate Investing: Build Cash Flow and Equity—without the Sweat!

January 28, 2022January 17, 2022

Real estate investing is perhaps one of the oldest side hustles in existence.

Buy a house, rent it out, and build wealth. It’s a tried and true formula, and certainly a way to stop trading time for money.

This idea was popularized by books like Rich Dad Poor Dad, explaining (often with real estate as an example) how you can “escape the rat race” when income from assets you control exceeds your monthly expenses.

But real estate investing comes in many different “flavors” — and some take more time and money than others to get started with.

$90k a Month on Fiverr: From Freelancer to Agency

January 13, 2022

People out there will pay for your skills, you just have to find them.

One person who’s done an excellent job of finding them over the last 9 months or so is Georgia Austin from WizardOfContent.com.

Georgia took her skill of writing, and despite a crowded world of other writers out there, did over $500k worth of work through the Fiverr platform last year, including $90k the month before we recorded.

Online Focus Groups: 24 Paid Research Companies that Pay Up to $100 an Hour for Your Opinion

February 4, 2022January 12, 2022

I recently participated in a paid focus group in San Francisco. You know, the kind with the one-way mirror on the wall.

We talked about travel habits and preferences for an hour and half, and I got paid $150 for my time and opinions. Not bad!

The whole thing was pretty quick and painless, and actually kind of interesting, and it got me thinking that this could be a fun side hustle, so I set out to find other consumer research companies that operate nationwide or even ones that conduct studies online.

70 Best Ways to Make Extra Money on the Side in 2022: $500+

February 14, 2022January 10, 2022

It’s never been easier to make money on your own time and on your own terms.

In fact, this post has over 150 legit money-making ideas for you to try — and get paid.

Read on to find the ones that will work for you!

33 Life Hacks to Experiment With in 2022 – Mission: Optimize Everything

February 14, 2022January 6, 2022

Happy New Year! May this be a year of stacking up incremental improvements and optimizations — getting 1% better every day — that’s the idea.

To help out with that goal, I’m excited to introduce Chris Hutchins. He’s a serial entrepreneur, a new dad, a professional life optimizer, and host of the new AllTheHacks podcast.

The stated mission of All the Hacks is to help listeners upgrade every aspect of their life while spending less and saving more.

2021 Annual Review and Q3/Q4 Progress Report

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

Heyo good people! Whew — it’s 2022!

Three months ago I was still unburying my office and inbox from moving, and as a result skipped my Q3 2021 Progress Report.

So here’s the Q3 / Q4 / Year-End combo edition. In this post I’ll attempt to highlight some of my most important projects and the impact those had on the bottom line.

2022 Side Hustle Statistics and Survey Results: Income Levels, the Most Popular Gigs, and Common Struggles

January 20, 2022January 3, 2022

Ready to dive into some side hustle statistics?

One of the best ways to figure out how to better serve your customers or your audience is to, well, ask them.

I skipped my (previously annual) member survey of Side Hustle Nation email subscribers last year, so I wanted to renew the tradition in 2019.

How to Make Money with NFTs: Opportunities for Side Hustlers and Creators

December 30, 2021

Selling JPEGs and other digital collectibles – do NFTs present some of the hottest investment opportunities right now?

You could hardly open your laptop or unlock your phone this year without reading about NFTs or non-fungible tokens.

When you start to see jpegs selling for tens of thousands of dollars, you can’t help but ask, wait, what’s going on here?

The 22 Best Side Hustles for Teachers: Earn $1000 a Week or More

January 25, 2022December 23, 2021

Teaching is a noble and rewarding profession, but it’s not the best-paying job in the world.

As a teacher you usually start with very low wages and have the burden of student debt, and so it’s only natural to look to side hustles or ways to make extra money outside of your chosen profession.

While there are dozens of side hustle ideas out there, here are the ones I think are best-suited to teachers and educators to take advantage of your unique skills and expertise.

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