For pretty much all of my life, I was taught the same basic script – study hard in school, get good grades, and get a good job. It’s something that pretty much all of us were taught to do from a young age. There’s nothing wrong with this script, and indeed, it’s the same advice […]
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Restaurant Secret Shopper Jobs – A Strategy To Eat For Free And Hack Your Food Expenses
The secret shops I like to do are restaurant secret shops, which typically involve going to a restaurant, ordering a certain amount of food, and then filling out a survey afterward where I evaluate my experience at the restaurant.
June 2019 Side Hustle Report – $4,129.76
It’s a new month, which means it’s time to fire up another Financial Panther side hustle report! In today’s post, I’ll be looking back at exactly what I made from side hustling in June 2019. As a quick recap, each month, I document exactly what I earned from side hustling using different sharing economy and […]
Playing With Fire – Documentary Film Review And Thoughts
One of the unexpected benefits of pursuing FIRE (financial independence, retire early) is getting to be part of the community that has built around this movement. Going on the journey towards FIRE is great, but it’s made even better when you can learn and go on that journey with others – not to mention make […]
The Ultimate Mustachian Side Hustle: Delivering Food On Your Bike With Gig Economy Apps
A few years ago, Mr. Money Mustache wrote a blog post about his experience driving for Uber that really caught my attention. Regular readers of this blog know that I’ve been working in the gig economy for years in what I think is the most efficient and optimal way possible – mainly by using my […]
The Benefits Of Graduating During The Financial Crisis
The other day, I was listening to a Planet Money podcast about how the United States is nearing full employment and it got me thinking about how different the world is today compared to the world I graduated into a decade ago. To set the scene for you, I graduated from college back in 2009, […]
Chime Bank + Catch App: The Combination I Use To Manage My Side Hustle Income
One of the mistakes a lot of people make when they first start side hustling is mixing their side hustle income and their day job income into their main checking account. Aside from the obvious administrative hassles that come with doing this, the biggest problem really has to do with the fact that your main […]
May 2019 Side Hustle Report – $3,879.97
It’s time to hit you up with another edition of the Financial Panther side hustle report! It’s hard to believe it, but it’s now been over 2 months since I quit my job to try my hand at making a living as a blogger and sharing economy/gig economy worker. After years of being pretty unhappy […]
The Reverse Latte Factor – How You Can Side Hustle Your Way To Financial Independence
One of the things I enjoy about the current state of the side hustling world is just how easy it is to fit various side hustles into your day-to-day life. We live in a really unique time in history where it’s actually possible to piecemeal a few bucks here and there whenever you want. When […]
My Strategy For Longer-Term Savings Goals
A little while ago, I wrote a post that I called, “How To Afford Anything You Want.” As the name suggests, the thesis of that post was that anyone can afford to buy whatever it is they want – it just requires creating a few systems and taking a little bit of time to plan […]
