We Review Your 2026 Side Hustles. Are They Worth It or a Scam?
Frugal Friends Podcast
Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures
4.6 โข 1.2K Ratings
๐๏ธ 13 March 2026
โฑ๏ธ 52 minutes
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We asked how youโre making extra money on the side, and your answers were surprisingly creative! Some are genius, some are chaotic, and some might not be worth the effort. In this episode, Jen and Jill rate seven real listener side hustles on a scale from LOVE IT to LEAVE IT.
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| 0:29.7 | We review your 2026 side hustles. Are they worth it or a scam? |
| 0:39.8 | Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money, embrace simplicity, and live a rich life. |
| 0:49.6 | Here are your host, Jen and Jill. |
| 0:56.1 | Welcome, frugal friends. I'm Jen. |
| 0:58.4 | I'm Jill. |
| 0:59.1 | And every February, we send out something that we call the Frugal Friends mega survey. |
| 1:04.8 | And we ask you, why do you listen to Frugal Friends? |
| 1:07.9 | What do you love? What do you not love? |
| 1:10.0 | And what do you want more of? |
| 1:11.8 | And this year, we added something new. And that was a chance for you to be part of a frugal |
| 1:19.8 | friends episode. And we had a couple questions. And this is our first one. We wanted to |
| 1:24.6 | rate your side hustles on a scale from love it to leave it, whether it's |
| 1:31.0 | worth it. And you asked us, too, you wanted to know, I don't know if this is normal or what everybody |
| 1:36.7 | else is doing. And so we're here to rate those side hustles. So whether you answered the survey or not, |
| 1:43.0 | we have got seven side hustles that real people, just like you are doing, maybe actually you, are doing, and whether it's worth it to stick with it or not. |
| 1:55.1 | Some of you are making over $20,000 at these side hustles. So we're going to review all of these. Number seven is definitely one |
| 2:03.1 | that we think everyone should be doing, but most of us are not. So stick around. Let's start off |
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