A few friends and I are chilling around my coffee table one Friday night, munching on kettle cooked BBQ potato chips. There are also some sour gummy worms going around. Overall the chill is nice, I feel so so relaxed.
I begin to think to myself, wouldn’t it be nice if I didn’t have to work at all? What If I knew I always had an abundance of money in my account whether I got out of bed in the morning or stayed in bed for a week watching Grey’s Anatomy?
Wouldn’t that be so so very nice?
“Guys, what are some extremely easy ways to make passive income?” I ask while also asking where the sour worms are.
Sarah, who’s currently munching on a sour worm, passes the plastic container to me while she says: “You can self publish a book on Amazon.”
My friend Zack who hates people wakes up from his dozing off on my velvet blue sofa, “In WHAT universe is writing a BOOK a “I don’t have to do anything today“- way to make money? And who the hell is reading your book - no offense.”
“Ok ok, I say, everyone relax, this is a chill conversation to need to attack and BTW I would write an excellent book thank you very much, but I agree, it is an insane amount of work.”
What else?
“You can create an app”.
The guy who hates everyone, is now fully awake from his chill nap: “Uhhh ok, let’s see… thousands if not millions of investment money.” He holds up a sending finger, “A shit ton of time creating the app.” Holding up a third finger, “As well as being smart enough to create a successful app.”
“Oh I got one! Interrupts Sam while filling up a glass of water, you can do those online surveys!”
“Passive income” I tell him “PASSIVE!
Also, FYI, that’s a scam”.
Anyways, to make a long ass conversation shorter I got:
Being a cook
Selling things on Etsy
Driving for Uber
Real Estate Investments
Buying a vending machine (I actually looked into that one)
Buying a Laungry Matt (I looked into that one too!)
Buying stocks
Making Swag
Selling images online
Amazon shop on TikTok
The last one which actually got me excited was from my friend Emma, her suggestion was to become a Voiceover reader for books on audible.
“You can literally just start by reading a book and make money off of royalties!”
Anyway, it turns out it’s not simple at all. You need to audition for different books, have a website and much more. (I may go into this someday anyway cuz it seems like it would be a fun side hustle but definitely loads of work).
Anyways, I am sure you can guess the lesson I learned this weekend.
Money doesn’t grow on trees.
I have also developed a new appreciation for what I do, it may be a lot of work, the monthly emails, the Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and email posts, the outreach, networking events and all the things I need to do to let the world know that I exist and have a product for them.
With all that I get to be good at something. I get to do something that’s fun, that I enjoy, I get to make money and be of service.
Seriously, who needs to open a vending machine when they can give someone a way better product than a bag of chips?!
**Side note - I would love to hear about your passive income ideas!