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5 Side Hustles That Made Me $1000+ Each And the Lessons Learned
I started from scratch with all of these
What if I told you, you could make $1000 from side hustling starting from scratch right now? I mean, it’s not an article that will explain how you’re going to be a million dollars richer (like other articles proclaim), but I like to be realistic about things.
Regardless, I still get questions from friends and even randoms on the internet on how to make my first $1000.
With this in mind, I decided to chuck together an article with some of the ways I made my first 1000 smackeroos from various hustles. Some of them have definitely been a slow burn, and some are honestly relatively quick.
Since I have a full-time job, my intention for each one was not to overstretch myself and to set myself a simple goal.
For side hustles with potential monetization in mind, I’ve always set up my goal of a $1000 to start off with. Of course, I am not including anything that requires an initial investment, so anything around trading, cryptocurrency or e-commerce is out the window.
I wanted to focus purely on things you could do from scratch yourself with only your laptop in hand. As a warning though, it’s definitely a mix of things from ones that will reap dividends…