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I held on to my side hustle after I got a full-time job, and there are 5 things I wish I had known beforehand

I held on to my side hustle after I got a full-time job, and there are 5 things I wish I had known beforehand

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Maintaining a side gig alongside a full-time job comes with a unique set of challenges.

  • Millions of Americans have a $4 to supplement their income.
  • Maintaining a side gig alongside a full-time job comes with a unique set of challenges.
  • I've been maintaining that balance for three years, and I've compiled the biggest things I wish I'd known before I decided to do it.

More than a third of all Americans have a $4.

And more than half of all $4 are supporting themselves with one, too, according to a $4, whether it's to pay off student loans, to afford their rising rent, or just to have some extra disposable income.

I started my side hustle, $4, as a college student, and although it turned into my passion, I realized after graduating it wouldn't work as a full-time gig. Instead, I got a full-time office job in social media while continuing to write on the side - an arrangement I've been balancing for three years.

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Working a full-time job while maintaining a side hustle comes with a unique set of challenges, I've learned, and there are certain things I wish I had known beforehand.

Here are the things I wish someone had told me before I decided to balance a side hustle with a full-time job.

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