#839 - Guitar Player Chalks Up Success by Enjoying the Process
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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A systems administrator and lifelong guitar player generates thousands per month writing about his musical hobby.
Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are.
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| 0:00.0 | One of the greatest things about a side hustle is that you don't need to depend upon it |
| 0:12.6 | for your livelihood. |
| 0:14.1 | This gives you some space to enjoy the process and make something you believe in, or just |
| 0:17.8 | something that you're excited about. |
| 0:19.0 | Now, I do think it's important to align that project with something that can make money, |
| 0:23.2 | at least for our purposes. |
| 0:24.2 | Now, that's what we're all about here on Sideosal School. |
| 0:27.0 | But again, by doing it part time, you greatly reduce the risk. |
| 0:30.6 | In today's story, for example, it took a long time for this person to make money. |
| 0:34.2 | At first, he was just experimenting, and then over time it turned into a real business. |
| 0:38.2 | But even now, the money fluctuates quite a bit, which of course is nice when it's up, |
| 0:41.8 | but concerning when it's down. |
| 0:43.6 | Today we'll look at a systems administrator and lifelong guitar player who generates an |
| 0:47.0 | average of $7,000 per month, writing about his musical hobby. |
| 0:50.9 | So still a pretty good average, even though it's up and down. |
| 0:53.4 | He's an Amazon affiliate that earns real money. |
| 0:55.3 | There are some of those out there. |
| 0:56.7 | And he's also building a future for himself away from Amazon. |
| 0:59.8 | But it all begins when he sells his first ceramic chicken. |
| 1:03.2 | That's right. |
| 1:04.2 | He sells a ceramic chicken guitar player, a systems administrator. |
| 1:07.1 | How does it all tie together? |
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