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3 Reasons To Have A Side Hustle That Doesn't Make Money

If you’re not willing to accept them, no need to even start a side hustle in the first place…

Mathias Barra
4 min readDec 20, 2019

The idea of a side hustle bringing you an extra 3-figure revenue each month is way too attractive to pass on, right? After all, if you can keep on doing what you’ve done and get extra money just by adding a few hours here and there, why would you not do it?

Nowadays, the internet is full of ideas and concepts to put in place in order to “make a $1,000 a month!” or such “get rich quick” schemes.

I’ve been writing for just over a year now and spend at least 1 hour a day, every single day, on writing. Yet, I have made a total of $156.16 as of today, December 20th. Clearly, this could be considered a sign that it’s not for me, right?

In reality, it isn’t how much money I made that matters and I would even go as far as saying:

I am glad I haven’t made much money.

It taught me invaluable lessons and probably will continue to do so.

1. The value of Patience

Let’s be honest for a moment. Nobody starts a side hustle with the expectation of not making any money from it. That just isn’t the world we live in. If we…

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Mathias Barra
Mathias Barra

Written by Mathias Barra

French polyglot speaking 6 languages. Writer. Helping you learn languages. Get my new ebook → https://linktr.ee/MathiasBarra

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