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☆ This 15-minute strategy can help you find the perfect side hustle, from an experienced freelancer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Finding your perfect side hustle might be easier than you think — and it only takes 15 minutes, says Alice Everdeen. She picked up a freelance job facilitating skill-building workshops for a company that hosts career trainings. In Everdeen's case, the strategy helped her find those skill-building workshops in the first place, she says. "I wanted to do more speaking ... but I really enjoy the helping people aspect of presenting and virtual facilitating," says Everdeen. The strategy worked for her: The new side hustle helped stabilize her income, which is highly valuable for any freelancer, she says.

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☆ A millennial who quit her office job to live in a school bus explains what her lifestyle costs and how she makes 6 figures freelancing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAlice Everdeen has traveled the country in a school bus for more than a year. The 32-year-old quit her office job at an Austin-based supplement company in 2020, and now makes $130,000 a year working remotely while on the road. The couple has been on the road since September 2022 — and they recently finished refurbishing the school bus they call home. Her main budget items are limited to cell service, food, and costs associated with parking and gas for the school bus. Sometimes others have misconceptions about Everdeen, she said, and they wonder why she is living in her school bus by choice.

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In September, she and her boyfriend, Jay, moved into their teal 30-foot school bus and started living and working from the road. Now, she works from her converted school bus and makes up to $15,000 per month. CNBC Make It"The goal was to make a couple of hundred dollars every month for gas money," Everdeen, 31, tells CNBC Make It. But that freedom has a lofty price tag: Everdeen and Jay bought their school bus from a government auction for $7,324 in January 2020. They decided to buy the school bus, and started deconstructing its seats and windows to convert it into their 30-foot home.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow a 31-year-old making $150,000 living on a school bus spends her moneyAlice Everdeen, 31, travels the U.S. in a school bus and earns $150,000 a year as a voice-over artist. She and her boyfriend, Jay, bought and renovated their bus over three years and have been driving across the country since September 2022. It's a career and lifestyle that lets her travel, reduces stress and gives a new sense of freedom. This is an installment of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.

☆ 31-year-old who quit her job and makes $15,000 a month recording voiceovers: I only work '3 to 5 hours per day'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Two and a half years ago, Alice Everdeen worked 50 hours per week and made $42,000 per year as a content manager for a supplement company. Now, she makes up to $15,000 per month, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. "I would say [I work] like 3 to 5 hours per day," Everdeen, 31, tells CNBC Make It. There's a reason Everdeen keeps short, strict hours: burnout. "Paying $4,000 a month for rent, and then working 60 hours a week is not what I want to do.

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