My Journey From Employee To Entrepreneur: Part 1
How I Created Job-Free Income Streams
I have always had an entrepreneurial mindset. Watching my mother struggle to make ends meet for my brother and I, motivated me to create financial solutions. From living in hotels to living with rude family members. I can honestly say, I’ve been through it all. When we finally moved in a house again, we lived there for 4 years before being evicted again. I was in my mid-teens at that time. But before we got evicted, I was receiving a biweekly allowance of $20. At first, I was like any regular teen, in such a rush to spend it. Then something dawned on me.
When school started back from summer break, I had a plan to flip the $20 allowance I received biweekly. I bought candy from a neighborhood store and sold it out of my backpack to students before class, between classes, during lunch and after school. By the end of the first day, I was sold out of product and had made 4 times the amount I started with. How awesome was that. I knew then that I could make a business out of it if it had not been for my sudden injury. My motivation for selling candy came from my mother. When we lived in an apartment complex in another state previously, my mom was the neighborhood candy lady. Anything the kids wanted, see supplied. I’m talking 50 cent sodas, pickles, bubble gum in 3 different flavors, all kinds of chips, suckers, you name it, see had it.
She made a profit and invested a percentage back into her hustle. Clever woman. At the time, I observed what she was doing but it never hit me until later in a completely different state that I could do the same. I began to think to myself, if she can do it, so can I. And that’s just what I did. She had many techniques of persuasion that provided her with blessings even I can’t believe sometimes. One day I look up, and she pulled up with a brand new white mustang. She told me the story from the moment she walked into the dealership, till the time she drove off the lot with the car, paid in full. At that time, I just knew she was a powerful woman who could make things happen.
Learning from her, I started doing things for pay. My first gig was braiding hair. My brother grew his hair out just so I could practice my braiding skills and get good enough to make some money. That’s exactly what I did. But the money came after I had a few free clients. My niece was one of them and my husband (boyfriend at the time) grew his hair out for my skills advancement as well. I love how people supported my ideas. These people are near and dear to my heart. I thank them for their contribution to my success. This was my first job free income stream. After I started generating good income from this hustle, a problem arose. I found out that I have arthritis. My hands hurt and locked up so bad, I couldn’t do much of anything. Especially in the winter time.
That’s when I had to find another job free income stream. I was attending my brother-in-law’s wedding when a woman stood up and began singing. A really close friend of mine turned around, looked at me and said out loud “why r they playing, they know they should have had you singing up there”. That inspired me to sing at weddings for pay. My husband told me about a couple that was getting married and needed a singer. I was excited about the gig so I took it. I had my niece sing backup to a song I had written several years before. After the wedding, the newlyweds were so pleased they played very well.
After that, I decided to do something else. I realized how many compliments I was getting on my resume when I went to a job interview. My favorite compliment that I received often was “impressive resume”. People around me was telling me that they needed a job. I asked if they had a résumé. They didn’t. I saw the opportunity and went for it. I offered résumé writing services to my friends, family, neighbors and members of the community for an affordable fee. I have to say, this was probably my favorite job free income stream.
I’m writing this article because I want to share my experience with creating job free income streams. I want to encourage you and everyone else that if I can do it, so can you. One of the many keys to creating job free income is to start somewhere. If you are unemployed and need money till you get a job, I’ve got you covered. I have create a FREE online course that will help you create job-free income streams. Click HERE to get started.
Happy Earning!