Ep. 3255 - Q&A: “When is uneven side-hustle income safe to rely on?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Today’s caller makes more money on weekends than at the day job—but their revenue graph looks like a heart monitor. Can they rely enough on their extra income to go all-in?
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| 0:00.0 | If you ever shop online, which, let's be real, who doesn't, you already understand how important |
| 0:05.6 | customer reviews are. You know this as a consumer, right? You always check the reviews before you buy |
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| 1:03.2 | Yesterday we heard from someone who was trying to figure out how to price their service based on value, not just an hourly rate. |
| 1:08.9 | Today we're going to hear from someone who is also doing well and just thinking about the right adjustment to make. |
| 1:11.6 | They are making a good amount of money, |
| 1:18.0 | actually more than their corporate salary, they say. But the problem is that the money is uneven. Like the income is not coming in the same rate every month. You know, it's a seasonal |
| 1:23.1 | business effectively. They'll describe it more. So what do you do in this situation? Like your whole goal is |
| 1:28.8 | not just to replace your salary. It is to replace predictability in some ways. Lots of businesses can |
| 1:34.6 | work with fluctuating income, but you do need to plan for it a bit. I'm going to give this guy a |
| 1:39.6 | couple of concrete signals that might be like, okay, now it really is the time to quit the job. |
| 1:45.3 | And then also maybe some tactics to even out the cash flow once you no longer have the safety |
| 1:50.0 | net of the regular paycheck. Side hustlers, friends, community. I'm so glad you're out there. |
| 1:55.2 | Stay tuned for this question and my answer. Whenever I buy something online, I probably do the same thing that you do. And if you |
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