This post is to point out that having more than one hustle isn't a sin and therefore isn't something to be ashamed of.
I’m prowling my numb, sleepy brain right
now trying to come up with a believable figure that won’t make me seem lazy; I
want to impress, I want ‘wows’ from the readers, but then the question had
conveniently said ‘Currently’.
Right…currently, I stay at home and do
what previously was my side gig but now my seeming main gig. I worked at a tech
hub for the 9 to 5 category but that went side ways just weeks ago (you don’t
want to know).
And at that hub, I’d taken to supplying
the office with drinks and snacks and that was lucrative for a time until side
ways happened.
I’m still a Quickteller agent though
with no money in my agent wallet while marketers call to remind me that I have
to make transactions, I keep answering “I will” (truly, I will), after all I
can load my phone with fifty naira from the app.
So, currently, I’m stuck uploading final
year project topics on such a site and it isn’t a funny job. It
is…indescribable, not entirely in a bad way; but, I tell you, I always look
forward to the weekend.
Weekends mean I get to actually use my
brain for what it was meant for, creating stories and prowling all the free
publishing sites for start up/independent authors. Am I succeeding in that
vein? Err…I’d like to say, I’m not where I was last year, so that’s a good
thing.
And I did just apply for a teaching post
in more than seven schools. It’s been weeks, I’m not sure I’ll ever be
called…I’m not sure I want to be called; recently, I accepted to do my first,
official editing gig and I’m looking to make it ‘a thing’.
It’s the first of September, 2017; the
time is 2:30 am and I’m slumbering over this post for Subomi Plumptre, this has
to count as one of my hustles. So to answer your question, “I currently have
three hustles going”.
- · Uploading project topics
- · Writing and snooping around publishing sites
- · Scrambling for Plumptre’s similar opportunities
- · And there’s no way I’m adding my pipe dream to own a writers hub!
In recent times, I have more than the above mentioned hustles and so far, managing okay, barring fatigue and a few stubborn headaches.
In the comment section, share with us the number of hustles you have.
Emem Bassey
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