In the US where I’m at, there are people who have side-businesses. For example, one of my friends makes paintings (still life, portraits, etc.), and sells them at art exhibitions. Another friend of mine makes mixtapes and raps and is working on making an album and selling it.
Like this, do you personally or anyone you know have a side-business (real estate, ecommerce, auto work, etc.)? How common is it?
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Nope, I don’t know anyone who has a “side-hustle”. I don’t think it’s that common either, there’s probably some people out that there that like some tiny real estate thingy going on as people rent out their apartments and houses but other than that. It’s not really common.
Very uncommon. Most people just have one job, we don’t tend to monetize our hobbies.
Not really common. Most people feel like 40 hours of work a week is enough and dedicate the rest of time for family and hobbies.
Very uncommon. People in my social circles (and probably most people in general) don’t need a second income. So they’d rather have a hobby than a second business with responsibilities, tax bureaucracy and whatnot.
Quite common. Plenty of people will make seasonal food items and sell them, illegaly drive taxis during peak hours, make cakes and the like to order, do crafts to sell or to order, teach evening classes.
A lot of the time it’s just monetizing your hobby, not explicitly meant to make money. I believe they can do it tax free too as long as the revenue does not exceed an annual limit.
No. You usually work full-time on one job and that’s it. There’s part-time, too, but normally if you want to take care for your kids or (grand)parents etc.
Some people do, but it also gets complicated quickly, with taxes and registration and so on.
In Greece people in rural areas outside large cities usually grow their own vegetables and maybe their own livestock (chicken is the most common). It’s not for profit but for covering their own needs of food.
In cities I don’t think it’s common. It would be too complicated (or even impossible) if you count all the bureaucracy, business fees/taxes etc in any case.
Edit: I just recalled that teachers in Greece, besides their school teaching, might do some private tutoring, but this is illegal in any case so you would do it only for your relative’s kids (ie your nephews and nieces) and private tutoring pays really well (teachers are underpaid enough to do this).
In Romania it’s a way of life. We have a lot of people with their so called “school of life” that will almost always have a side hustle of some sort trying to make some extra money. And in most cases, it’s something of low value making very little profit and wasting time while they could seek some education and truly improve themselves. But they’ll tell you how smart they are and how much extra money they’re making.
Ireland here, very uncommon in my experience. I don’t know anyone who runs a side business that isn’t just more of their main profession on the side.(Consulting or Freelancing)
My partner is American and I’ve worked at American companies, and I have to say we don’t have the same brand of motivation here in Ireland as I’ve seen across the pond.
I think it’s likely due to our culture having evolved relatively recently from a society that worked almost entirely in either subsistence agriculture, factory work or hard labor (mining etc.)
This could lead to our society seeing work as a predominantly negative experience and subconsciously deincentivizes hustle culture.
Or I’m just making long winded excuses for myself, which has also been known to happen!
I used to have a lot of these, but for me it was never about the money it was about giving back to my community. I definitely wouldn’t say it’s common at all generally though
I gave grinds (I suppose you’d call it “tutoring”) in maths, physics and biology
I taught music, tin whistle, to small children (6-12)
I edited essays for people who didn’t have English as a first language
I had to quit in 2019 though which sucked