#943 - Reddit Secret Santa Delivers Sack Full Of Adventure
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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After creating an unforgettable scavenger hunt for an anonymous Redditor, an account manager stumbles across his own buried treasure.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a new month and a story that will make you smile. |
| 0:12.3 | I very much enjoyed working on this one. |
| 0:14.4 | It is all about a Reddit secret Santa who delivers a sack full of adventure. |
| 0:19.5 | Every year the online community Reddit facilitates a global secret Santa program where people |
| 0:23.7 | exchange gifts with strangers. |
| 0:25.8 | This program is a behemoth of generosity. |
| 0:28.2 | Since 2009 nearly 2 million people from over 160 countries have taken part. |
| 0:33.3 | Almost 50 million dollars worth of gifts given. |
| 0:35.7 | And as you'll hear in this story, it's also led to at least one profitable side hustle |
| 0:39.8 | and then all new career for someone. |
| 0:42.3 | After creating an unforgettable scavenger hunt for his gift recipient, this account manager |
| 0:45.9 | stumbles across his own buried treasure. |
| 0:48.7 | He now earns $5,000 a month putting together epic surprises for people while traveling |
| 0:52.8 | the world. |
| 0:54.1 | Like I said, it's a fun one. |
| 0:55.1 | Stay tuned for the whole story. |
| 1:24.1 | A few short years ago Chris Waters was working as an account manager for a software company. |
| 1:43.1 | He says he was just an ordinary guy with an ordinary job. |
| 1:46.4 | Adventure, excitement and randomness were not at all part of his routine. |
| 1:50.9 | But once a year Chris did embrace those three things with great enthusiasm. |
| 1:54.9 | He did it through the fun of Reddit's secret Santa, the world's largest gift exchange. |
| 1:59.5 | In December every year, Reddit matches willing users of the site and each person is provided |
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