#2465 - Q&A: “Can I earn money on Twitch without streaming all day?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2023
⏱️ 5 minutes
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In this episode, we tackle a question about monetizing a love for gaming and Twitch streaming without making it a full-time gig. Can you get paid for streaming and still have a life?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | What's up friends, Side Hustle School Community New Month starts right now, episode 2465. |
| 0:18.5 | Coming up, we've got a question from Jordan, Jordan's a college student in Austin, trying |
| 0:23.1 | to balance his academic commitments with personal passions. |
| 0:26.8 | He's a tough challenge, but I admire the dedication and motivation of our listeners, young |
| 0:32.0 | old all the way in between. |
| 0:33.8 | And obviously, whatever you think of as young and old, I like to say young people of |
| 0:37.3 | all ages sometimes. |
| 0:39.4 | Jordan loves gaming. |
| 0:40.6 | He's got some experience streaming on Twitch, but he has restricted himself to weekends |
| 0:45.1 | and school breaks due to a demanding study schedule. |
| 0:48.8 | So a lot of what we like to do here is look at a situation, a scenario, an idea, and point |
| 0:53.3 | out, maybe some pros and cons, advantages, tips, something that they could do to improve. |
| 0:58.6 | And in Jordan's case, he's wondering if there's a way to turn his sporadic streaming into |
| 1:02.2 | a profitable hustle without making it a full-time commitment. |
| 1:06.0 | You know, a lot of people who are streaming on Twitch, playing video games, whatever |
| 1:09.8 | else they're doing could be chess, could be something entirely different. |
| 1:13.2 | They spend a lot of time on it. |
| 1:14.9 | Some of them spend eight hours a day, like it really is a job, basically. |
| 1:19.4 | And so, what if you can't do that? |
| 1:21.1 | If you've got this schedule that requires him to commit a lot of his time to his academics, |
| 1:27.6 | but he wants to make the most of his hobby, all right, well, let's get into it. |
| 1:30.9 | Can you earn money on Twitch without streaming all day? |
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