#side gigs

I am in a pretty bad spot right now. I've been in it for quite some time to be honest.

Most of you probably know that I'm trans, and living with my parents feel like living in a damn prison especially since I know I won’t be able to transition if I stay there.

So I need to leave.

Now that I'm 18 most things have been put in my name, I almost have my driver's licence and I'm saving up for a car so soon, I'll be able to leave.

Problem is, I don’t nearly have enough money to do it. I work two jobs but both are minimum wadge and don’t give me enough hours.

I'll probably find somewhere where I can work as a stable-hand in exchange for a place to stay so I'd be able to affort food/water/electricity as well as care for my dog and horse.

I'll probably have to give up my hopes of getting higher education and get a diploma in horse care but that’s fine, I'll figure something out.

Anyway, in the meantime because I need to save up money, like a lot, I was wondering if anyone as any idea of side gigs or whatever to make some extra money that would be worth it? I already tried selling art commissions but unfortunately no one seems to be interested which I understand, money is hard for everyone these days.

Outlier is an AI company that offers remote, work from anywhere positions.

You're basically assigned to different projects where you train an AI model. You follow a step by step process to see if the AI model can correctly answer prompts and then rate the responses based on a rubric. When you apply, Outlier matches you with projects that fit your expertise. Like for me, I get put on Creative Writing projects a lot.

You can follow this link to apply Outlier

so if you need any of those things please hmu my tip jar is open and I am ready for …. Commissions??

Help your local crazy gardening witch afford to survive the month ☺️🌻🎉

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She – with the help of two-time Olympic ice dance champion Scott Moir among others – has entered a new phase of skating.

“I've tried to unlock a little bit maturity this year in my performances,” she says. “[The choreographers] have helped me a lot to learn how I want to portray characters and how I want to skate more so than just how I want to perform my tech elements. I've really enjoyed that.”

Madeline Schizas on working with Scott Moir and co.

It’s not lost on Schizas, however: She knows how awesome it is to be working so closely with one of the great modern minds of the sport in Moir.

“Working with Scott is really cool,” she admits, that coy smile returning before she turns reflective again. “One thing that Scott always says is, ‘The goal for me and Tessa [Virtue] was for us to make people feel something.’ I’ve been trying to tap into that, [but] it’s not something that I think I’m great at at this point in my career, the emotion, the performance side.”

Which is part of the reason why Schizas chose to work with Moir and his team in London, Ontario, including Olympic bronze medallist Madison Hubbell and Spanish ice dancer Adrian Diaz.

That trio helped Schizas develop her Farrucas short program, the same music that Virtue/Moir skated to at Vancouver 2010 for their original dance.

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The benefit of her five-wide choreo team is as much for the future of Schizas’s skating as it is the present: “Those guys have been really helping me come up with a story and emotion to put behind my skating,” she says. “I think that it’s paid off; it’s been a fulfilling experience for me.”

Get rich quick scams are having a heyday, and many of them are being pushed by influencers on TikTok and Twitch targeting primarily teens, young adults and people living in poverty.

With the prevalence of income inequality, wage stagnation and corporate greed, many households are struggling to live on a single stream of income from one regular job per adult.

If that's the type of situation you're in, you likely hear that getting an education and finding a job will not be enough. You will have to hustle.

There are countless gurus out there giving advice on how to do just that and generally, the strategy is always one and the same: find ways to exploit other people.

That's literally it, nobody will be able to teach you anything or give you any viable business ideas that don't boil down to scamming/taking advantage of others.

No matter how desperate you are, don't listen to these scam artists. They're the only ones making money here. Don't pay for any courses. Don't engage. Not only will it not work, you are also likely to damage relationships and do harm to people you care about in the process.

A lot of people are struggling right now. You are not alone and it's not a moral failure. It's simply a consequence of a shitty, failing system. And no, you cannot beat the system by participating in it harder. It's built to benefit those who are already rich and those with zero moral integrity and no conscience.

What can work, though, is mutual aid. Look into local groups and networks. Help out and give back if you can. Build and maintain a strong support system. Accept help and help others whenever you can.