A Model Tells Us How Much She Really Makes

Hattie Watson on the art of hustle

Money remains one of our biggest taboos — bigger than sex — and yet we spend more time earning it, spending it, and thinking about it than almost anything else. We’re bored with people presenting us with their seemingly effortless lives instead of the messy reality of their finances. So, here’s our attempt to turn it inside out: People talking honestly, and realistically, about their relationship to money.

Tell us about your relationship with money. Write your response in Medium at the bottom of this post or leave a note with a link to your post.

Hattie: I hate money.

I absolutely loathe money. It ruins relationships, it ruins friendships, it just puts so much stress on your life, it’s unreal.

Go on.
It’s $5 for a soda and candy and that used to be like $2, you know. If you want to have a coffee, it’s $5. Everything’s so inflated. It doesn’t make sense.

How do you make money?
I’ve been a model for five years — that’s where I make the majority of my money — but I’m starting to transition into becoming a photographer.