It is the beginning of the second week of August. I’m a little amazed, bemused, and confused by how fast the year has gone by. One of the biggest things that I’ve realized as I reboot my debt repayment strategy is that my side hustles have been a bit of a distraction from my overall financial and professional goals. It’s not what I’ve been doing, but how I’ve been doing it.
Side Hustles
Take up time and I was curious to see how much I was making each month so I pulled that specific information out of my monthly earnings report. It was very telling. I was averaging around $500-$1000 month. But usually closer to $500 a month. I would work every weekend for a couple of hours and because the work was easy I was distracted by the following: my side hustling was keeping me from earning more in my business.
One of the easiest ways I can grow my income is by increasing my freelance writing output. But, I will be honest and admit that I’ve been reluctant to do this because my end goal has never been to become a full-time freelancer.
Now I feel a lot more comfortable growing my freelancing because I’m starting to see some positive signs as I focus more on my passive income streams. I’m seeing a lot more regularity in earnings notifications and honestly-I just understand the passive income earnings process better than when I started. I understand the different components of my business and how they flow together. And, I’ve become amazingly confident as time has gone on. I am not upset when pitches fall flat because I continue to be amazed by how many ways there are to make money. You just have to put yourself out there.
Blog Traffic and Income Report
Please note: I do NOT count incremental earnings in my earnings report. That means that I have money pending but those earnings haven’t met the earnings threshold yet.
- July-22,280 page views
- June-16,444 page views
- Earnings-$25-you have to start somewhere. I’m only looking at passive income for these blog income reports.
Girl Gone Frugal (again)
I’m bringing my podcast back. I really loved doing it-but, the tech problems drove me nuts. I took a break, attended Podcast Movement (a conference about podcasting) and now I’m ready to try this again.
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I’m sure you’ll done a great work to achieve all your goals!!!;D
Thanks Giulia!! Keeping fingers crossed.
“Working hard and smart” is basically the key. I just don’t see the point of sharing that I made $2.79 for an affiliate when the payment threshold is usually $50-$100. It also makes it easier for me to report my earnings. I really struggled with how to monetize this specific blog ethically. I’ve figured it out-now we’ll see what I can do!
I agree 100%. I’m not hating but that’s how I feel when I see people posting they made $15 from adsense. The payment threshold is at $100.
Yeah, I actually think it’s difficult to report that you’ve made $3.97 and then report the next month that you made $8.90. It just makes things simpler by saying hey this is the money that actually came in. So, that’s what I’ve decided to do.
I feel exactly the same way that you do. I do not have any plans on being a full-time writer. While I like it, I know that the affiliate way is more my speed. Until I get there, bring on the freelancing opportunities!
I know that I can make this work and that I just have to stick with my plan. I know my plan works because I have friends making $24,000+ a month who worked with me on my plan LOL! So, now I’m focusing on getting as many freelance gigs as possible because it will be for the next 6-12 months and I can totally handle that. I’m just trying to do things as efficiently as possible. And-grow my email list.