If you have a busy life, it seems impossible to squeeze in time and energy to make $100 a day.
But if you stop thinking about moving lawns for people or dog sitting, there is a world of opportunity out there.
Lots of online side hustles make it possible for you to make $100 a day in your spare time. Often a lot more. But there is a trap to be ware of.
When you begin to explore the exciting world of online side hustles, you will quickly find that there are lots of courses.
You will not lack information about it. Everybody will tell you how you can use their method and go from zero to $5,000 over night. Sadly, it does not work that way.
Gurus with courses to sell will tell you to:
The claims are shocking.
“Rookies are earning $2,000+ their first week…” “… $541/day machine in 60 seconds…”
It is so easy to get your hopes up and buy.
It is unlikely, though, that any of those make money quick schemes will work.
Save your money. Avoid the bright shiny objects. This is what you should do instead.
Find out what your strength and weaknesses are. And then go for a side hustle where you can profit from your strength. I highly recommend you write down a list of things you are good at and like doing.
And focus on those you can do in 15-minute chunks at a time.
Before you pick a side hustle, you need to be realistic.
Your choice should allow you to check off three fields. It should be:
Let us take an example.
A lot of videos and blog posts will tell you that you can make money by doing surveys. They will even sell you courses with links to where you can sign up for such surveys. So let us go over the checklist.
Another popular side hustle is to get paid to play games on your phone.
Is it doable in under one hour? Sure, unless you get addicted. Do you need skills? Nah, everybody can learn to play a game on their phone.
As for the $100 per day? Not even close.
Very often, if a side hustle is so easy that everybody can do it, either everybody will already be doing it, which means a lot of competition, or it does not pay well.
Let us instead look at some more demanding side hustles. Some that can earn you $100+ per day.
All the following side hustles can make you $100 a day, even if you only have very little time daily.
Take a look at them. Imagine doing them. Which one can you see yourself doing every day?
Just a little every day?
Before I give you the list, I want you to think of one thing. And agree to it.
It is possible to make $100 a day in your spare time. But it will not go from zero to $100 in one day.
It can take time. Depending on your side hustle and skills everything from one week to three to six months.
Write Fiction
If you like to read and dream about writing your own books, this is such a great option.
Write in a popular genre like romance or mystery, and even one hour of writing every day can become three novellas a month. Your first three may not make you much money, but over time your chances increase. More books means more chances of getting discovered.
Blogging
Can you see yourself writing a blog post or two a week?
And promoting it the rest of the time? Then blogging is for you.
There are two ways to make money with blogs. You either monetize it with ads or affiliate offers. Or you sell it for cash.
Write on Medium
If you live in a country that has Stripe, you can make money writing about your interests on Medium.
Writing in a way that attracts readers is a skill to learn. You may do it intuitively. If you do not, then look at successful writers and notice what they do differently.
Then adapt your writing accordingly.
You have many other options for profitable side hustles. I deal with many in my other articles.
A side hustle can be a second job.
And just as little fun as your main job. But I recommend you go for something you like doing. If it is fun and easy, it will be easy to do daily.
Most side hustles start with an interest or hobby.
Some say that if you get paid for doing your hobby, it just becomes a sour duty. I do not agree with this. On the contrary.
It makes my hobby even more fun to do that I get rewarded for it in some way.
You can make $100 a day in your spare time if you choose a side hustle that fits your interests and somewhat your skills, too.
If you are interested enough in the side hustle you chose, you can grow your skills over time and become even better. So give it time. And work on it daily.
Then you will get there.