This is one of the saddest things I've heard all year

There have been a ton of great things I’ve done in the past few years

For example:

• I bought a new car

• I got engaged

And right up there in terms of the highlights is cutting out the consumption of news

Let me tell you, my mental health has never been better

But, I’m not perfect

And sometimes a headline or two catches my eye and I succumb to it

Especially when the headline reads something like this:

Survey: More than 1 in 3 Americans earn money through side hustles, 32% think they’ll always need them

As someone who is very financially focused (it’s the CPA in me) seeing headlines like this really rubs me the wrong way

No, it’s not because I dislike seeing people earn more money (I actually love this!)

But that many people are forced into working 2 or 3 jobs just to get by

Robbing them of the freedom that is required to live an amazing life

Because as you can imagine, when you are pulling double shifts all the time it means:

• Being away from your kids

• Less time with friends

• Less time to exercise etc.

As I’ve said before and will say again, times are changing

One income used to feed two mouthes

Then it become one income for one mouth

And now it’s two incomes for one mouth

Let’s face it, it will only get worse from here

That’s why I’m so grateful to have stumbled across the power of making money online in my early 20s

It allowed me to start earning at an exponential rate while minimally impacting the level of freedom I have in life

Let me paint the picture of how it worked for me…

When I started my YouTube journey, I was working 8-10 hours a day in management consulting

So, to make it work, I would get up 1-2 hours before work and come up with ideas for my channel, send them off to my freelance team and spend any additional time I had to review their work

Then, I would head off to work for the day, come home, eat, workout and spend time with my girlfriend at the time and head to bed

I rinsed and repeated this process for years to the tune of $100,000s in YouTube ad revenue

All the while still maintaining a proper balance of relationships, fun, health etc.

And that’s what separates making money online from simply adding on more jobs

With more involved side hustles, as income goes up, free time goes down inversely

With an online business (like YouTube), due to the power of outsourcing

As income goes up, time goes down minimally

Meaning more time for the more important things in life

While I’m not proud to say I succumbed to an old habit of reading the news the other week

I am happy that I came across this particular headline because it reminded me of what others are going through

A constant balance of needing more money to live with trying to still enjoy a bit of free time and relaxation in the day

It also makes me grateful that no matter how hard I had to work in the beginning, I didn’t give up on YouTube because really that’s the secret to success

And now I get to help people sidestep the pain of working two, three or more jobs because they are making more than enough online like Steve who has been crushing it in the basketball niche since we started working together

Therefore, if you feel like a side hustle is in your future or you’re currently working one that doesn’t quite cut it then it may be time to look for a more efficient way to make money

One that gives more (money) while taking less (time)

That’s truly what the internet has gifted us…

Note: I am opening up 3 new spots in Tube Academy this week

If you’re ready to create a part-time or full-time in come on YouTube and want to work with me directly to do just that then email me back the word “tube” and I’ll send you over the details

Happy Saturday!

Adam