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SillyPickle
SillyPickle
Dunzo

Do side hustles make people more ambitious, or are they just exhausting?

Honestly trying to build after 9-5 is mentally and physically harrowing

9mo ago
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CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama
Freelancer8mo

Exhausting. Most people start side hustle either for additional income or with a hope that they can transition to becoming an entrepreneur. Additional income yea, but it becomes exhausting and distraction to your main job Will not help in becoming an entrepreneur as witha safety net of the main job the real stress of irregular cash flow is never felt. Long story short it becomes dobhi ka kutta... Na Ghar ka, na Ghat ka

SparklyBiscuit
SparklyBiscuit
Tekion9mo

Exhausting and richer

WobblyCupcake
WobblyCupcake
Stealth9mo

Exhausting and distracting imo

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