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by Hope

You know I’m always on the lookout for a side hustle that actually pays money. I learned about User Interviews a few months ago from a social media couple I follow: thegoldenroad <-This is a link to their Instagram account if you want to check them out and this is their website. (Not an affiliate link.)

I signed up using their affiliate link and have since made several hundred dollars participating in random interviews, game playing, and other random activities, etc. So now that I know that it’s the real deal, I thought I would share.

This is my affiliate link. If you sign up and participate in at least one paid study, we both get $10!

If you have any real world experience with side hustles that pay actual money, please share them in the comments below. I don’t expect to make full time income from these types of activities, but I enjoy the variety and it gives my brain a rest from the other work I do on a regular basis.

I continue to wish I could make money making dog food. But there’s just no cottage license for dog food prep. And yes, I did research it again lately.

I hear a statistic the other day along the lines of the richest of people have at least 8 streams of income. Or something to that affect. That’s definitely a goal to work toward.

Obviously, primary job is one. Interest from a high yield savings account is two. Dividends from investments is three. Do activities like User Interviews could be four. What else?

How many streams of income do you have? Do you have any resources you would share with someone looking to add variety to their income generating activities?

Hope

Hope is a resourceful, solutions-driven online business manager with over two decades of experience helping clients streamline operations, manage projects, and grow their businesses through digital marketing and technology.

But life has a way of rewriting your plans.

A year ago, Hope made the decision to move in with her aging parents full time – a season she wouldn’t trade, even as it came with its own financial and emotional weight. Earlier this year, she lost her mother, and is now walking the tender, disorienting path of grief while learning what “forward” looks like from here.

Hope came to the Blogging Away Debt community in 2015 as a single mom raising five foster and adoptive children. She’s written through job changes, financial setbacks, and the bittersweet transition to an empty nest. Her kids are finding their footing in the world now – and so is she.

Rooted in faith and fueled by the same perseverance she’s brought to every hard season, Hope is ready to face her finances with fresh eyes and an honest pen. She believes that clarity, courage, and community can change the trajectory of anyone’s story including her own.

She lives in Austin, TX with her dad, loves adventures with her dog Addie, and is figuring out, one step at a time, what this next chapter is meant to be.