A WorkLife Lesson: Joey’s Story: Steps Taken to Plan a Side Hustle
On graduating with a degree in journalism, Joey landed a job at The Independent newspaper. He covered breaking news, economic issues and human-interest features. He was good at his job and loved it, but something was missing.
That something was travel. Joey was based in London. At the beginning of his WorkLife, he enjoyed the dynamics of the office and the city, which was an endless source of inspiration for his writing. But lately, he was feeling confined by both the office and the city, causing him to feel restricted in his writing.
He managed to agree to a three-month sabbatical from his work. His plan was to live in Vietnam for this time. His grandfather had been drafted to serve in the war, and from a young boy, the stories his grandfather shared with him instilled a fascination with the country and the people. It had always been his dream to travel there and experience it for himself.
It hadn’t been difficult to get the time off, the newspaper had been struggling for some time, and the change it had brought about in its heyday had been losing its impact for some time now. So, Joey wasn’t surprised when he was due to return from his sabbatical; he was laid off - after all the writing had been on the wall.
In this lesson, you will learn how Joey had used his sabbatical to test out a side hustle idea as a way of coping if he lost his job or decided not to go back to it.
You will learn the steps that helped him plan to go from being laid off to side hustler to solopreneur.
In this lesson’s WorkLife Learning Assignment, you will apply those steps to your situation.
In this lesson’s Continuous WorkLife Learning Assignment, you will tap into the Happy, Smart and Helpful assignment to figure things out when something is missing in your WorkLife.