Overcome Imposter Syndrome With Uniqueness
The other day on my run a Bob Dylan song came on, followed by ones from Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks. During the Stevie song I thought how all three of them – Dylan, Petty, and Nicks, would have never...
Category: side-hustle
2020, The Year My Business Grew Up
For those not familiar with my story, I’m financially independent and semi-retired to 20 hours a week at my main job. I’ve been working hard on what started as a side hustle and now is a full-fledged business since late...
Seeing Things Through A Different Lens
A little while back I was having a conversation with a friend about my graphic arts business. When I told him that I was now making a few thousand a month he was floored. He then asked me if I’d...
It’s Okay To Laugh
I’ve been blogging for about 2.5 years but have never had anything truly go viral, until now. My infographic post from April 3rd, titled “Relative Importance in 2020, So Far”, has made it’s way around the world in ways I...
History Of A Successful Side Hustle
Regular readers know that my main side hustle is not this blog but my graphic arts business. And what a year it was. I set a goal to earn $6,000 this year ($500 a month average) and I’m ecstatic to...
The Slowly Changing Routine Of My Semi-Retired Schedule
I went part time at my job in October 2017 after exceeding my target financial independence net worth. It’s been my intention to keep posting updates on both my new work life as well as my non-work life. I’ve done...
Gig Or Job? The Future Of Gig Economy Jobs
NPR did an article recently about the gig economy that really got me thinking. Firstly, the article cited the research I posted about last year that claims to gig economy is actually getting smaller. This is of course contrary to...
Have Patience With Your Side Hustle
As regular readers know my main side hustle right now is selling graphic designs online. It’s something I really love, mainly because it’s 100% self-paced and almost completely passive. I create a design and upload it to various websites, and...
I Miss The Power Of Teamwork
On November 26th NASA landed he robot “Insight” on Mars. Read that again. They put a robot on Mars. “Didn’t we do that back in the 70’s?” you may be thinking. Yes, we did. We first landed a spacecraft successfully...
When You Create Instead Of Consume, You Build Assets
If you’re new to my story, I’m financially independent and went part-time at my W2 job last October. Since then I’ve had a lot more time to create things. I wrote a while back about my schizophrenic brain, I have...
How To Fight Imposter Syndrome
Something I often hear in the personal finance blogging community or the blogging community as a whole is the concept of imposter syndrome. Imposter Syndrome is: a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent...
The FOMO Is Real And It’s Not What You Think
I went part time at my job in October 2017 after exceeding my target financial independence net worth. I wrote about my initial experience with my new freedom last November, and again in April. It’s my intention to keep doing...
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