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  • Hustle Income Diaries

    £10k Side Hustle Challenge Update – Month 4

    May 7, 2024 /

    Four months down and I’m still super motivated to smash my big goal for 2024. When I first starting thinking about setting myself this challenge, I kept it to myself for a while whilst I ran the numbers to make sure I wasn’t overreaching. Well, like with everything if you put your mind to it, there isn’t much you can’t achieve. So I’m ignoring that little part of my brain that doubts me and am pushing on to smash my 10k side hustle challenge. Right before I breakdown all incoming payments in April, let’s me explain exactly what my 10k side hustle challenge entails… The Rules This year I will…

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    How I Made £1989 In Extra Income in April

    May 4, 2024 /

    Start of a new month means only one thing here, it’s time to add up every penny from the wide array of the random side hustles I do each money to bring in some extra income. For some context, I currently have two seasonal jobs which take up 6 months of my year and then I have 6 months to do with what I please. I like to top up the income I make from these gigs with a range of online side hustles. And I’m going to share them all in this post and break down exactly how much they each brought in. How does this income report differ…

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    Online Side Hustles – How I Made £1045 in March 2024

    April 6, 2024 /

    March was a good month for my online side hustles! I surpassed my initial target and made of 4 figures in earnings. It always feels like a good month when I earn 4 figures! Plus I spent a week of March chilling on the beach and hit some of my stretch personal goals. All round it was a good month and I’m still holding onto that “new year, improved me” motivation. Let’s get into my March side hustle earnings report. How does this income report differ to my 10k side hustle challenge update? I have decided to not only post a 10k side hustle challenge update this month but to…

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    10k Side Hustle Challenge – Month 3 Update

    April 4, 2024 /

    Another month gone! I honestly can’t wrap my head around how fast 2024 is going. Ridiculous! But with the end of the month comes another 10k side hustle challenge update. March was a really good month for making money online – I smashed my £833 target and made over a £1000! Plus on the flip side it was a decent month for incoming payments – highest month so far in the challenge! Right before I breakdown all incoming payments in March, let’s me explain exactly what my 10k side hustle challenge entails… The Rules This year I will have two main sources of income, my summer job and my winter…

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  • Money Making Ideas

    9 Actually Passive Income Ideas – Make Money In Your Sleep

    March 17, 2024 /

    Making money while you sleep is the dream right!? But often passive income ideas aren’t actually passive at all rather residual income. Take blogging for instance, which is often suggested as a passive income stream. Well as someone with a blog, it is far from passive! It would be better classified as an residual income stream as the money often still rolls in long after the initial work is done. True passive income should be almost set it and forget it and then watch the money come rolling in, right! So with that in mind, here are 9 actually passive income ideas, the set it and forget it type… {Disclaimer…

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    10k Side Hustle Challenge – Month 2 Update

    March 2, 2024 /

    At the start of 2024 I had a goal setting session and decided to challenge myself to make an extra £10k from side hustles. Currently, I have two seasonal jobs that mean I only work in person half of the year and have full flexibility over the other half of the year. Meaning I have time to embrace a bunch of random side hustles and kinda need the extra income boost in my off months. So I’ve embraced this side hustle challenge with open arms! But before we get into a month 2 update let me explain the rules I’ve set for myself… The Rules This year I will have…

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  • Hustle Apps & Sites

    Amazon Shopper Panel – Can You Earn Money From This App?

    February 28, 2024 /

    I heard about Amazon Shopper Panel through the instagram grapevine and just had to sign up. Originally I’d downloaded it with the intention of taking advantage of their receipt scan program. Scan 5 receipts each month and get a £5 Amazon voucher – nice right! So nice that they’ve been full for months and no longer accepting new users. But I still took the chance, downloaded the app and joined the waitlist. And in the meantime I will get paid £24 per year for having the app downloaded and my ad tracking settings on. Plus any extra pennies from the odd survey they offer. Yes, I am getting paid to…

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  • Hustle Apps & Sites

    8 Apps I Use To Make Money Every Month

    February 27, 2024 /

    Yes, I am that side hustle nerd who has a folder on her phone full of apps that I make money off. From survey apps to daily trivia, from games to data sharing – these apps bring in a little extra each and every month with minimal effort. I love testing out these money making apps and seeing how I can best take advantage of them. But today I thought I’d share the 8 money making apps I regularly use to make a little extra income. SB Daily Trivia Because I’m a little nerd this is one of my favourite side hustle apps. It’s an app from the side hustle…

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    WeAre8 – The App That Will Pay You To Watch Ads

    February 24, 2024 /

    WeAre8 is an app that pays you to watch ads and answer multiple choice questions about them. Yes, it’s legit and pays out real cash. From my experience the ads pay anything from 2-25p each and you get offered around 10-20 ads per month. So by no stretch of the imagination will this app make you rich but it is a legit way to make a little extra income. And it takes literal seconds to complete and hardly any effort at all. We watch a tonne of ads daily for free, you might as well get paid to watch a couple extra. I downloaded this app a couple years ago…

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    Side Hustle Sites – How Much I Cashed Out In 2023

    February 18, 2024 /

    I’ve been using online side hustle sites since 2020. This was when I first fell into an online rabbit hole of online surveys and tasks. And honestly, I haven’t looked back since. Today I went back through my money spreadsheet and worked out how much I cashed out from various side hustle sites and thought I’d share the data with you. I only looked at side hustle sites and apps that anyone can use and make money from. So from smallest to largest, here is exactly how much I cashed out from 13 different side hustle apps/sites… Weare8 = £2.12 This is an app that pays you to watch ads…

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