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  • Hustle Income Diaries,  Side Hustles

    Day Three Halloween Hustle Challenge: Paid to Play Games

    October 6, 2025 /

    Day three of the challenge and I’ve broken my streak already! Oh well, progress is progress and some days will be higher than others. I still made £18.84 on day three of my Halloween Hustle challenge so let’s break it down. Here’s how I get paid to play games… What is the Halloween Hustle Challenge? Before we get into how much I made on Day Three, let me first recap what exactly the Halloween Hustle Challenge is. I’m a little behind on my 2025 side hustle goals so need a boost and as a goal motivated person, a side hustle challenge was the best solution. Enter my Halloween Hustle Challenge.…

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    Day Two Halloween Hustle Challenge: Getting Paid £31.01 to Take Surveys

    October 3, 2025 /

    Day two of my Halloween Hustle challenge is complete and I hit my £31 goal… just! Today was more of a classic side hustle day than yesterday and I stacked 8 different sites to hit my £31 goal. Let’s break it down… What is the Halloween Hustle Challenge? Before we get into how much I made on Day Two, let me first recap what exactly the Halloween Hustle Challenge is. I’m a little behind on my 2025 side hustle goals so need a boost and as a goal motivated person, a side hustle challenge was the best solution. Enter my Halloween Hustle Challenge. I am challenging myself to make £31…

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  • Hustle Apps & Sites

    Stride: Get Free Uber Eats or Ubers By Answering Surveys

    April 11, 2025 /

    There’s a new kid on the survey block – Stride! You can earn your way to free Uber Eats or Uber rides by downloading the app and answering surveys. Disclaimer – this post contains referral links which means I may make a small commission if you click through the link and sign up. This comes at no extra cost to you (you’ll actually make money!) and helps support the site. Thanks so much <3 I’ve been using this app for a couple weeks and I think it’s going to be a great addition to my side hustle app roster. So far I’ve redeemed £41 in vouchers off the app. (Disclaimer…

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  • Side Hustle Guides

    10 Things To Do To Make Money From Answering Surveys

    January 24, 2024 /

    Answering surveys for a little bit of extra cash each month is something I have been doing since 2020. I always call this hustle the ultimate marmite hustle as people either hate it with a passion or love it. I’m firmly in the love camp only because I have had moderate success with it over the years (see exactly how much I’ve made here) and it was my first online side hustle. Now I will admit there are some scammy survey sites out there that just want to collect your data but there are a few good ones which you can make decent money off. It’s been nearly 4 years…

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    Can You Actually Make Money Answering Surveys?

    January 23, 2024 /

    Surveys are the ultimate marmite side hustle. Either you absolutely hate them or you secretly love them. There is a special place in my heart for surveys as they were my gateway hustle into this crazy world of making money online that I now find myself fully invested in. Let me take you back to March 2020 when you might have guessed it, I didn’t have much else going on. So what did I do? Like any rational human who had just lost their job I googled “how to make money online” and hey presto making money answering surveys became something I did. Disclaimer – this post contains referral or…

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    How I Made £16,446 from Side Hustles

    May 10, 2022 /

    There is only so much you can reduce and cut from your budget! Eventually you will reach a certain point where to save more you need to make more. Entering the side hustle!! What is a side hustle? There are many different definitions out there but I class a “side hustle” as anything I do to make money beyond my primary source of income. Currently, my primary source of income is my student maintenance loan, paid to me by the UK government to cover all living costs. I started on my side hustle journey exactly 2 years ago, which was just after I had been made redundant from my job…

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    Complete Breakdown of My 6 Income Sources

    May 29, 2021 /

    One of the first lessons I learnt when I started on my financial literacy journey, was that having only one source of income is not a good idea. The more sources you have, the more protected you are, the pressure of having only one source is lifted because you have others to fall back on. Currently, I am at the point where I have built up six different sources of income. Only two of them are passive at this point, but I am hoping in the future to have the majority of my sources be completely passive. #1 Student Loan This gets paid in three instalments throughout the year, but…

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    Top 6 Survey Sites – Make Money Online

    May 15, 2021 /

    Surveys are the easiest way to make a little extra money each month online. They are simple, convenient and require no commitment. Every month I make around £50 from completing surveys for around 2 hours a week. Obviously the more time you can commit, the more you can potentially make. I have tried A LOT of different sites and these are my favourite six… #6 Branded Surveys This site is one of the worse ones for time to payment ratio BUT some of the most lucrative studies I have participated in have come from this. We’re talking getting paid £30 to send a wee sample to Canada, £50 to watch…

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    How to Make Money as a Student

    January 23, 2021 /

    Student loan not enough? Want to save for a gap year? Whatever your reason for needing extra money, there are loads of ways for students to earn money on the side of your studies. University is also a great time to develop a side hustle that you could continue after you graduate (see #3 ;)).   Disclosure: Please keep in mind that some of the links in this post are affiliate links. If you go through them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. I link to these companies and their products because of their quality and not because of the commission I receive from your purchases. The decision…

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    SwagBucks Review: Waste of time?

    November 22, 2020 /

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