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Side Hustle School

#787 - HVAC Craftsman Carves Out Woodworking Income

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Small Business, Entrepreneurship,, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Side Hustle, Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

This heating and air company sales rep had all but given up on his childhood love of woodworking. But after a six-year break and a random Instagram post, he found his interest rekindling.

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0:00.0

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0:53.1

I mentioned in a recent episode that I liked my little pony. When I was a kid, I was a big

0:58.1

fan of my little pony. As much as it was to read about my little pony now, realize that

1:02.7

it was still out there and all that, and now that I'm almost 90 years old, I didn't actually

1:06.8

have a burning desire to go out and collect them again. It was just a little blast in the

1:10.3

past that I was like, okay, great. Also, for a brief time, I wanted to be a professional

1:14.3

baseball player, which was mostly when I was 10 years old. I did win the T-Ball League MVP

1:19.5

at age 10, but then I retired and took my talents to the world of video gaming.

1:23.5

So, as I said, not everything is worth revisiting. I'm not going to have a side hustle as a

1:27.2

baseball player or a my little pony collector, but some things are. And perhaps there might be

1:32.2

one for you. And when you rediscover it, you just might find it could work as an income generating

1:36.6

project now. That's what we talk about here on the show. And that's what today's featured

1:40.7

case study uncovered. This heating and air company sales rep had all but given up on his childhood

1:45.9

love of woodworking. But after a six year break and a random Instagram post, he found himself

1:51.3

rekindling interest. He now earns an extra $18,000 a year on the side doing something he enjoys.

1:58.0

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