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WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER?
As I sit here at my parents house for the weekend, unemployed and enjoying the benefit of their hardwork for the past forty years I contemplate what I have to offer. What can I do, make, or provide...
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How To: Sublet Your Apartment
Renting out an extra room or subletting your apartment while you’re out of town is an excellent way to secure extra income. As an actor, I’ve spent at least two and a half of the past five years on...
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What’s Your ACTUAL Hourly Rate?
As someone who bounces around from gig to gig, generally being paid an hourly rate, I’ve often thought about what those rates ACTUALLY boil down to. My personal rule of thumb is to work for at least...
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Survival Job Spotlight: “Vending Machine” Cleaner
Welcome to Survival Job Spotlight! In “the biz” we call the work we do for money outside of performing, “survival jobs”. These sources of extra income, however, are great side hustles for anyone....
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Survival Job Spotlight: Personal Trainer
Welcome to Survival Job Spotlight! In “the biz” we call the work we do for money outside of performing, “survival jobs”. These sources of extra income, however, are great side hustles for anyone....
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Survival Job Spotlight: Babysitting, Service, Personal Assisting, and More....
I was lucky enough to make it through my first year out of college without ever having to take on the dreaded “survival job”. I was doing what I loved, performing, traveling the world, and saving...
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Don’t Blow It!
Are you one of those people who fantasizes about what you’re going to do with the money you get from your tax return or from your birthday checks or from your grandparents’ Christmas card? Unless that...
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How I Earn a “Living”.
A couple weeks ago I shared some of the joy and the hardship that comes from my career as an actress. Today, I want to share how I earn a “living.” And by that I mean, quite literally, how I afford to...
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Shake Your Money Maker: Taking Action
I’m halfway through the month of January and my expenses already far exceed my income. It’s giving anxiety. Despite the feeling that I’m constantly working, I’m just not able to bring enough in. I...
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Rent or Buy: Beyond the Home
When we discuss renting versus buying, it’s typically in the context of the housing market. Today, we’re going to look at it from a different angle. Thanks to the Internet, what can be rented has...
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Survival Job Spotlight: Yoga Teacher
Welcome to Survival Job Spotlight! In “the biz” we call the work we do for money outside of performing, “survival jobs”. These sources of extra income, however, are great side hustles for anyone....
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I Suck at Ebay
A common suggestion given to those looking to bring in some extra cash is to sell their unnecessary “stuff” on eBay. Thankfully, New York City living has given me an appreciation for minimalism and a...
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Survival Job Spotlight: Actress Entrepreneurs
Welcome to Survival Job Spotlight! In “the biz” we call the work we do for money outside of performing “survival jobs”. These sources of extra income, however, are great side hustles for anyone....
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Job Search Tips From a Full Time Job Hunter
As a professional actress of six years, I have had the opportunity to continuously develop my skill set of acting, singing, dancing, and perhaps, most importantly and least expected, job hunting. In...
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That’s a Wrap: Blogging Income and Earning Potential
This week, Sam, over at Frugaling.org shared his super impressive first year blogging income, $35k. I too have just passed the one-year mark on my blog (well, the first year since I started taking it...
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Survival Job Series: Employer Abuses and Employee Empowerment
I recently started to work hustle that has everything I could want in a part time job- flexibility, ease, and a good hourly rate. But as I start to take on more shifts, I’m noticing a few policies...
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The Value of Standing There and “Looking Pretty”
As a side hustle extraordinaire, I’m always getting hired for odd jobs and random event work here and there. More often than not, I can reduce the actual job description to just standing there and...
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I Graduated from Princeton, Now What?
Please welcome broke and beautiful baby brother Mark to the blog! As a brand new member of “the real world”, I’m thrilled to have him sharing his perspective… Last week I graduated from college and...
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Blogging Lessons Learned
I’ve had many people ask me about the how-to’s of blogging and where to begin, so I figured I’d develop a whole series about it, starting with my own journey of blogging lessons learned. On April 19th,...
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Google Is The New Resume
While Googling yourself may have been considered an amusing pastime or self indulgent diversion in the past, in today’s day and age of internet dependency and ubiquity, knowing your Google “standing”,...
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