3 Side Hustles that Ensure Your Financial Securities
You don’t need to quit you 9–5 job. You can do it in your spare time.
We all need freedom. The desire for freedom is the innate virtue of human beings. Whether it be physical freedom from bondage or freedom from the worries of running out of money, we strive for it. And that struggle leads us to explore various ways which can ensure our cherished freedom.
In today’s world, we need the money more than anything. Credit can do wonders. It pays your bills, your house rent; affords medical expenses, tuition fees, and back up your picnic plans.
It gives you Starbucks when you are sitting in a cinema hall. And the reality is, whether you accept it, no one is ready to go with you for a date if you are broken.
So, we all have different reasons to look for side-hustles, as our 9–5 jobs often cannot support all these things properly.
Did I say properly?
I didn’t mean it. Your 9–5 job can only drain your energies and cannot give the freedom and satisfaction of life which you strive for. It cannot make you financially secure. It only makes your life worse for not letting you die or live for the bare minimum.
You cannot live out your dreams when you live from paycheck to paycheck. To live the life of your dreams, you need to add a little extra money to your bank account every month.
And for that to happen, you need a side hustle, my friend. Yes, you need to live the life of your dreams — you deserve it.
How to start a side hustle and what to start, you learn everything here.
What is a side hustle?
A side hustle is any business which you do and gets paid for it outside your 9–5 job.
It can be any business, offline or online; actual or virtual. You can invest money in it. If you don’t have money, side hustle doesn’t require money to take off.
All of us are not lucky enough to have money to invest. And It’s best to start a business which requires no investment at all. But everything needs time. Invest time which you can afford easily if are serious about it.
So, invest time. If you win, fine. If you didn’t still fine.
All you need to do is to make a list of your skills such as writing, marketing, Administrative help, translation or proofreading.
You need to reflect on your schedule and find out time. As you need time more than anything else. If your schedule is hectic, bring order in it. Create time if you don’t have.
And I know you will give time no matter what. But the best time is the time you don’t use it for necessary work. Use spare time for it.
Once you have listed your interested areas and set a time for it; you are half done.
The best way to use your time is on internet freelancing. It’s a boom of the 21st century and many are making millions out of it.
Now we will look into the sources where you can find freelance online work with no investment.
1. Start Writing
If you can write and can do the labour to put a value in it, this is the best option for you.
The best sources for getting paid for your writing are Medium itself. Writers around the world are writing their thoughts and are earning handsomely.
Medium
All you need to do is to join Medium Partner Program. After signing for it, start writing and publish it almost regularly.
The best thing about Medium is that you can publish your writing in the various publications and Medium editorial team is also there to distribute your articles to a million of readers if they are worth it.
All you need to is to write almost regularly. Medium pays off, no matter what. If it doesn’t pay you in the first few months, don’t worry. Just don’t stop writing and publishing.
But Medium support quality writers and there are people who have made even thousands of dollars in their first few months. Just don’t get discouraged if you’re not making money at the earliest.
Keep Medium for long-term benefits.
Fiverr
Fiver is yet another best site for earning through writing. You can sign up as a writer and make quality gigs for your services. Keep your gigs updated and take care of SEO techniques to rank in a few days.
Fiverr pays according to the gig’s rates. Don’t go for lower rates such as $5 per article as no one wants a cheaper writer for his business. Also, take care not to be swayed by overconfidence to set way too high rates such as $100. Keep it in the middle.
Freelancer
Freelancer is also good for writing but it’s for advanced level. If you think you can create quality articles that can compete with other sellers, the ground is yours.
Sign Up for it and create a stellar profile which can attract buyers. It also has a feature where jobs are posted every second. You can also browse a job for yourself easily of your interest.
All you need to do is to write a compelling proposal to outshine others in the competition. The chances are too good to be hired by potential clients if you can write a great proposal which can arrest the buyer’s attention.
Upwork
The highest paying site for the writing projects is Upwork. All you need to do is to sign up and make a strong portfolio to showcase your strengths. You have also to write potential proposals to get hired as the competition is way too tough.
Upwork gives you 20 connects for free to apply for jobs. All you need to do is to be very judicious with free connects. Don’t just waste them on applying to any job.
First, search for a job or wait for a prospective job to be posted and then apply. Also, look for the buyer’s profile. If a buyer is new or has used no penny yet, don’t apply as chances are there that you will lose your connects.
Apply to those jobs which are posted by buyers serious in hiring quality and serious writers. Once you have made your presence on Upwork and have earned a bit of money over there, then you are on a track to great success. As Upwork reviews hold great value and it adds strength to your portfolio.
2. If you have a habit of correcting errors in a text, start proofreading
If you have an eagle-eye for catching errors and a habit of correcting them, start proofreading. This can be a potential job for you. You can earn thousand of money online by just proofreading other’s works in your spare time.
In this busy world, there are companies, agencies, and writers who cannot do all the work. They only like to write something and cannot bear to proofread it. Or maybe they are tired of proofreading their own writing.
A proofreader only corrects punctuation, spelling and do minor changes to the writing. You need not worry about major changes, as that is the work of copy editors.
People like to proofread their writings by expert proofreaders who can see things in minute details. Some people are eagle-eyed and they can see missing punctuation or incorrect spelling in thousands of words.
If you are that person who can do it. Congratulations. There are many sites such as Linkedin, Monster, FlexJobs, and Indeed where you can find thousands of proofreading jobs that pay quite a sum of money.
3. If you are bilingual or know two languages, do translation
The world is getting closer and closer every day. Companies and people want to share their voices with the larger public beyond country and language boundaries.
With the exponential rise in technologies, communication across the culture is necessary. For this to accomplish, they need talented translators.
Companies want to sell their products across the world, and for that to happen, they need localizers. You can also write their product description to boost their sale.
So, without translation, communication is impossible. They need to communicate their ideas to the world to earn more.
There are novel writers, short stories writer, publishers who want translators who can do the quality translation. They also pay an enormous amount of money if you are a great translator.
Most of the translating jobs are online and you can do it in spare time. They give out daily projects or long-term projects with ample time to complete bulky work in it.
You can also negotiate your rates and time of delivery. They often give time to translators to complete their task with great care.
If you feel like one, this is an excellent opportunity for you. Just jump into it and thrive on the money.
Concluding Words
Now you don’t need to worry about your financial insecurities. You can pay all your bills and still can save some bucks in your bank accounts for good or bad days. As you cannot run from both. But to be prepared is the best strategy one can adopt.
It doesn’t need investment to earn a few more bucks. All you need to start a side hustle. This can be anything according to your talents and skills. But if you are a writer, the listed jobs and sites above are the best things you can have to start.
All you need a laptop/PC to start. Next, you need time to devote to it as it needs time more than anything else.
When you are done with that, specify your areas of interests. Know that whether you are a writer, translator, or a proofreader. Without knowing your strengths, it will be hard to land on quality jobs, and potential jobs are the lifeline of freelancing career.
Start a side hustle today and you are steps away from your dream life. It’s all worth it.
