Allison Joyce/Getty Images Maintaining a side gig alongside a full-time job comes with a unique set of challenges.
- Millions of Americans have a side hustle to supplement their income.
- Maintaining a side gig alongside a full-time job comes with a unique set of challenges.
- I've been maintaining that balance for three years, and I've compiled the biggest things I wish I'd known before I decided to do it.
More than a third of all Americans have a side hustle.
And more than half of all millennials are supporting themselves with one, too, according to a recent Bankrate survey, whether it's to pay off student loans, to afford their rising rent, or just to have some extra disposable income.
I started my side hustle, freelance writing, as a college student, and although it turned into my passion, I realized after graduating it wouldn't work as a full-time gig. Instead, I got a full-time office job in social media while continuing to write on the side - an arrangement I've been balancing for three years.
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Working a full-time job while maintaining a side hustle comes with a unique set of challenges, I've learned, and there are certain things I wish I had known beforehand.
Here are the things I wish someone had told me before I decided to balance a side hustle with a full-time job.