I love working the side hustles! Side Hustles are any extra job or task that makes you extra money. Side hustles have a very important role in my debt repayment journey. I have begun looking for new side hustles now that it’s a new year and I’ve rested up.
Last year I focused on picking up some fun and interesting side hustles. What types of side hustles did I do in 2013?
- Mock Juror
- Scavenger Hunt Pre-Check-Had to check all the clues of a Scavenger hunt before it was run.
- Cleaned houses
- Did surveys
- Was asked about my opinion about stuff
- Did test trials for products
There are an endless number of things that you can find out there to make money. In doing my side hustles I’ve developed a simple protocol so that I can make the most money, have fun, and spend the least amount of time working on these individual side hustles.
- Look everyday at whatever place you use to discover side hustles. I look at Craigslist specifically under the following tabs-Events, Domestic, Gigs, Part-time, and etc
- Look at towns next to yours in addition to your actual town.
- Don’t settle for everything
- If it seems sketchy-it PROBABLY IS!!!
- Should make the most amount of money in the least amount of time!
- Have a minimum amount that you absolutely must make-my minimum is $30. Typically I make at least $75-$100
- I won’t do product testing unless I’m making at least $50 because of where the place is located (takes time and energy to get there)
- The more you side-hustle, the more you’ll find. It’s like the side hustles have side-hustle babies!
- Have fun with it!
If you are in the process of getting out of debt, trying to save more, or just want extra money because you want extra money than having a clear Side Hustle strategy is the way to go!
Good luck.
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I like your fun list of side hustles. I have never thought of looking at Craigslist for anything other than writing jobs. That’s an awesome idea though. Hope 2014 is filled with lots of fun and interesting side hustles for you!
I had a lot of fun side hustling last year. I have to really step it up this year because I have some big goals. We’ll see how it goes. Craigslist is great for side hustles. The key is to be very careful in the vetting process of what jobs you’d like to do.
The scavenger pre-hunt would have been so much fun! I’d like to look into side hustles this year, so this was a great resource. Thanks Michelle!
It was a ton of fun and at the end of that hustle I was on the 4th story outdoor patio at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science staring at the mountains. So beautiful. It was a lot more interesting than I expected it to be.
You may have written a post about this that I missed, but where did you find the majority of your cleaning jobs? I worked for a rental property (vacation rentals) property manager when I was in high school and I made really good money $20-$25/hr cash (for a high school kid) cleaning homes. I’d definitely considering doing something like that again as a side hustle.
I found the cleaning jobs on Craigslist. I plan on going through my papers and contacting the owner of that company in April because she’ll have jobs in May. It’s ok money and short-term. I couldn’t do it all the time but I’m up for once and awhile!
What an interesting list! How was being a Mock Juror? That sounds like fun way to make some extra cash. What exactly was it for (through a company, for a law school. etc)?
I really enjoyed the Mock Juror side hustle-you get to think and reason. It’s a quick way to make money and stimulate the mind.