During a holiday dinner party, the host suggested we each share a significant moment from the year.
As one woman shared how her pottery class had allowed her to explore her creative side, another cheekily said, ¡°Oh, you could totally open up an Etsy shop and sell your work.¡± Before she even finished the sentence, I exclaimed, ¡°No! Don¡¯t monetize your hobby!¡±
It¡¯s advice that perhaps seems heretical in this time of high inflation. After all, it took $107 in November 2022 to buy what $100 bought in November 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Between 2019 and 2020, the increase was only $1.17. But despite rising prices, it¡¯s important to keep the side-hustle mindset in check.
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