Only four months into starting, today's side hustler transitioned her project into a full-time income.

She also did this by following a different approach than we usually talk about.

We often encourage people to keep their job, like don't quit your day job right away.

But in her words, she jumped off the cliff, closing off her other sources of income, so she would be

hyper-focused making this new business venture work for her. So you could say it's side hustle hard

mode, but she won the challenge, and it's worked out very well. We're going to hear about how

this self-taught manufacturer of home decor begins earning up to $8,000 a month from her woodworking. Pretty cool. There's also a little bit of a twist in that she begins the project with her partner. This person is no longer her partner. So it's an amicable separation. But of course, in addition to the relational issues, that brings up some business issues as well.

So we'll look at that a bit too, along with some tips for anyone interested in taking a hands-on project like woodworking to the next level.

Lots of stuff in this story. Rustic wall hangings rack up worthwhile profits. Stay tuned.

Okay. tuned. In Spokane, Washington, C.J. Morrison runs your own business, hand crafting unique

items made from wood. She builds her pieces in her garage, typically wooden wall art, geometric shelving, and tables,

then sells them online and through wholesale accounts. This is now a very successful endeavor,

bringing in a full-time income. But of course, it wasn't always that way. Before starting this

side hustle, CJ and her former partner Joe were working on other projects, including reselling vintage furniture.

While meeting up with people and selling out of her car was fun, it was also unpredictable.

She also didn't want to just be a reseller. She wanted to make something.

Drawing on their vintage furniture arbitrage exploits,. and Joe started thinking about ways to use their

creative capacities to enhance people's homes. The idea they chose sprang to life after visiting

a friend who had a handmade geometric inlay coffee table. Upon seeing that tabletop and thinking

they could pull off something on par with it, they bought a couple of saws and converted

their one car garage

into a wood shop. They found some reclaimed wood at a lumberyard and got busy designing. Then they

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