According to Madame Noire, the answer is yes and I agree 100%. I just had this conversation with my daughter this morning. It’s simply not smart to rely on one source of income.
The article, All Career Women Must Have a Side Hustle puts it this way:
“For every woman still being held at will by present circumstance, I say create new ones. Stop thinking of hustling as a competition with others and start thinking of it as a way to challenge yourself to step into who you know you can be. I chose at the start of this year to out hustle the shadows of fear and failure nipping at my heels. Now, I spend my days stomping them further and futher down on my way up to the best version of the Madame I’m meant to be.”
Read the rest of the article now: All Career Women Must Have a Side Hustle
So what are you going to do? If you’ve been reading this blog any length of time you’ve seen plenty of articles on side hustles. I suggest taking these last few months of 2010 to really think about starting a side gig in 2011.
Samantha A. Gregory is an author, consultant, and speaker. She’s a single-mom lifestyle, money, and parenting expert featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Essence Magazine, HuffPost, ABC News, and Mint.com.
Samantha founded the award-winning RichSingleMomma.com™, the first online magazine featuring personal finance, parenting, and personal development content and courses for single moms.
She aims to inspire women who are ready to thrive and not just survive in their single motherhood journey. Connect with her on Instagram @richsinglemomma.
