Today's pet peeve: the side hustleIt seems like everybody's got a little project going on. I've got a friend who makes book earrings and sells them on Etsy. Another friend does baking. Other friends, less creative with their hands, have taken up selling cosmetics, essential oils, or clothes. It's the modern day, 21st century, hipster version of ( Read more... )

Today Jeans and I were talking about a book group she's in. A small publisher submits manuscripts to a group of volunteers for vetting and proofreading. She invited me to join, but after a few weeks of skimming the group's Facebook page I realized it wasn't a good fit for me. Too tine consuming and too much like work. When I told her why I was ( Read more... )

I've got a bit of an idea that's been rolling around in my brain for about twenty-four hours.  An idea for a business that I think could be successful, but I'm really not sure because the entire business model has only really taken off in the past year or so, and it's hard to predict whether the fad is just getting started or past its peak ( Read more... )