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Living in a place where side-hustles are neither necessary nor glorified comes with a type of peace of mind no money can buy
Weekends and evenings are moments of unwinding, relaxation and community. But free time (mostly in urban Kenya) somehow turned into hustle ‘o’ clock.
The hour of the side-gig(s)
The hour of the side-gig(s)
Side hustles can make or break you. You either
1. Thrive due to multiple sources of income or
2. Feel useless coz of trying to do 5 things at once, lose your peace, have 4 times more failures than you deserve yet still have to survive an overpriced country with a minuscule income
1. Thrive due to multiple sources of income or
2. Feel useless coz of trying to do 5 things at once, lose your peace, have 4 times more failures than you deserve yet still have to survive an overpriced country with a minuscule income
Ever spoken to people who come from places that have governments/systems that work? Explaining how you spend an entire weekend working on a business after spending your week employed is like rocket science to them. Kwao it’s either/or
For the current young generation, holidays in nice places is all about content creation because you want it to hopefully pay for the next holiday, which will also be for content creation, and so on and so forth
So even holidays are side-hustles
So even holidays are side-hustles
Take a look at international travel amongst the middle-class:
-Majority of it is work-related (with per diems being a great joy)
-For others it is all about cities like Dubai, Mumbai, Istanbul, Bangkok. Places where we can come back with things to sell
-Majority of it is work-related (with per diems being a great joy)
-For others it is all about cities like Dubai, Mumbai, Istanbul, Bangkok. Places where we can come back with things to sell
The life of hustling makes enjoying sights and cuisines a guilty pleasure. Leaving the country is all about shopping for basic things you feel are overpriced in the country. With a lot of energy spent haggling in foreign languages in those tumarkets
The trait of always looking for money comes from living in spaces where money never feels enough. Though in KE the govt is largely to blame for this, there’s also a part of society that places unnecessary expectations on itself rather than mastering the art of being content
