I Tried to Start a Side Hustle Every Month for a Year: Now I Owe Everyone and Their Dog
I Tried to Start a Side Hustle Every Month for a Year— Here is My Eye-opening Experience I thought side hustles would save me. I thought they were the answer to rent, groceries, and my unhealthy subscription to three streaming platforms. I was wrong. Here is the truth. You will hear stories about people who start an online store and pay off their student loans in six months. You will see TikToks of women who sell custom mugs and move to Bali. You will hear about freelance writers who “work from anywhere” and still have health insurance. You will not see the unpaid invoices, the boxes of unsold product, or the credit card bills that chase them in their sleep. I know, because I lived it for one year. I started a new side hustle every month. Twelve businesses. Zero profits. Too much debt. Month 1: Dropshipping The internet told me dropshipping was “low-risk.” Buy nothing. Sell everything. Let someone else handle the shipping. I signed up for Shopify . I linked to an AliEx...