Reddit mentions of Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days

What you'd like to do is start a business. Starting a business is hard. You're missing the forest for the trees here. Learning the skills well enough to take on jobs is the easy part. Finding jobs that will pay for those skills in exchange for money is the hard part.

I like Side Hustle's approach.

> In my country, the sites for small businesses are not too developed, so my main idea is to make/upgrade sites for local shops/restaurants/gyms/tattoo salons, etc. Nothing fancy or special, just 1 or 2 pages per month, to get some money.

You and literally millions of other people have had this specific idea, and the nice thing about designing websites is anyone, anywhere can do it. You're competing with people half a world away in that particular market :)

If you'd still like to chase this, learn the popular CMSs and eCommerce platforms, create a website/portfolio, and market the ever-loving hell out of yourself. You could try Freelancer, 99designs, and UpWork -- these sites can be good for "kitchen money".

> The other thing is that I really love maps, stats and data visualization.

You can do this full-time for the right business. Working in Excel, slinging pivot tables and your favorite data visualization library. Unless you're living in a country that's absolutely devoid of commerce in general I guess -- "Europe" generally doesn't have this problem.

Get really good at what you do.

Figure out how to sell those services outside of your normal 9-5.

Become indispensable to your company.

Talk to your boss and tell them that location freedom is important to you and you'd like to take a pay-cut/hour-cut and be able to work remotely a bit. If they say no, then you have your services on the side that you're selling already so you won't be in such a deep hole.

My buddy Chris Guillebeau just put out a book on building your side hustle last week which is a good read if you want to get an idea about this

cthomas343 :

Hey Joel, I read the manifesto back in 2011, and have been following ever

since! Question about the last couple of ultras. You had several races in the

span of a few months, and I'm curious how you were training during that period

to keep from over-training injuries and to stay freshish for the races?

joelrunyon :

Yeah - I did the last 5 in about 3 months and 4 of those in 6 1/2 weeks or

so. Australia - Jan 1st Antarctica - Jan 21st Thailand - Feb 4th Finland -

Feb 17th At the end, I was basically using each race as my "long run" before

the taper. So the Australia race was a good training run for the Antarctica

race. After that, it was mostly some short stuff during the week, some

additional strength work and a longish run on the weekends (10+ miles) to

make sure everything felt good. [(I talk more about this prep on Jason Fitz's

podcast)](http://strengthrunning.com/2017/07/take-

run-7-ultramarathons-7-continents/) I was trying to make sure to do mobility

work + stay loose while traveling - which is almost as tough since I spent so

much time in airpots.

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ld43233 :



Mr. Runyon Your name tells me you are doing what you are meant to do. Keeping

running for those problems. Any idea when the schools are going to be built or

has the construction already started?

joelrunyon :

They're matching them to communities in need right now! I think we'll have

some more details on the dates this fall & (hopefully) have a few started by

the end of the year!

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LittleRowBoat_ :



As a Guatemalan, I came here to say THANK YOU! What was your favorite Ultra

Marathon?

joelrunyon :

I love Guatemala :) Antarctica was probably the most memorable! I really

enjoyed Finland though - as bad as it went and with all the issues I ran into

- it definitely has the best stories.

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auditoryfatigue :



Hi Joel! How much would you say willpower plays a role in what you do, and what

are some ways that you've strengthened your willpower/self-discipline over the

years? Thanks, and keep up inspiring work!

joelrunyon :

I think willpower + confidence tend to multiply each other. I have a hell of

a lot of will power but after I got hurt (the first race) and had to deal

with some business stuff, my confidence was shot. At some point, I closed my

eyes and said I was just gonna go for it - consequences be damned - and then

once I commit to something, I follow through (it's a personal commitment to

myself). I definitely feel like I have confidence that if I commit to

something, I'll have the willpower to finish it out.

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sparselogic :



When is the next WDS bungee jump?

joelrunyon :

This is a great question. We've done it 3 times so far. Interested in #4?

: sparselogic :

:

: Hell yes!

:

:: joelrunyon :

::

:: I'll look a few things up! They did rappelling this year right across

:: from the hall. Thought it would work in well with our "plummet" theme :)

::

::: sparselogic :

:::

::: <grin> Yeah, I had to think of the previous 'plummet' events while

::: watching folks rappel. I'd still rather jump. (source: wearing my 2012

::: Plummet shirt right now)

:::

:::: joelrunyon :

::::

:::: 2012! Yah...we're gonna have to update that one...

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answednesdays :



Hey Joel, What kind of advice you would give someone who wants to travel more

and make income in a way that doesn't require being in a physical location?

(i.e. freelance and online)

joelrunyon :

Get really good at what you do. Figure out how to sell those services

outside of your normal 9-5. Become indispensable to your company. Talk to

your boss and tell them that location freedom is important to you and you'd

like to take a pay-cut/hour-cut and be able to work remotely a bit. If they

say no, then you have your services on the side that you're selling already

so you won't be in such a deep hole. My buddy Chris Guillebeau just put out

a book on building your side hustle last week which is a good read [if you

want to get an idea about this](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MT0J7KF/ref=dp-

kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1)

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taylorjacobson :



Hey Joel - How has your personal relationship to the concept of "doing the

impossible" evolved since you started? I know that at first it was about

living your life in a new way, and you've clearly internalized that new way.

What has that morphed into? Is there a new phase you're in now? Thanks!

Taylor

joelrunyon :

When it first started off, I wanted to get a job NOT at UPS. Now it's much

more focused on how do I grow my business in the way that I want to and how

do I continue pushing myself physically in new and interesting ways.

: taylorjacobson :

:

: What's next physically?

:

:: joelrunyon :

::

:: Planning for the Fire & Ice Ultra + the Red Bull X-ALPS

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ihavenocluetbh :



Thanks for doing this AMA! Truly impressive and inspiring!! My 2 questions are

basic: What do you eat after running such great distances? What is your go to

snack when you are craving for something sweet? Good luck in the future dude!

joelrunyon :

1) Whatever the heck I want :). My go to post-race food is a massive pizza

(1,

2,

3) 2)

Justin's peanut butter cups. bonus: My current vice is red bull

(although they haven't sponsored me...yet). [If you read this Red

Bull.](http://gph.is/1sD5pjj)

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