Starting a side hustle is one of the best decision anyone could make. It gives us the opportunity to explore our creative side and also make some extra money for ourselves. There are number of things one can do to make some extra money. In the beginning of side hustle everyone is excited and full of energy. As the time goes on the side hustle starts to feel like work therefore it gets difficult for many of us to stay motivated to keep on doing it.
The reason for faded motivation could be that most of the time side hustles take time to generate income. This causes the person to feel like that its not going to work therefore there is a dip in motivation to go forward with it. Sometimes we get busy with our routine job and are not able to spare time for our side hustle hence we feel less motivated.
Many side hustles require our creative mind at work and its not easy to get new ideas. This could be the another reason that our side hustle gets neglected. We spend most of our time thinking about what to do next which causes the stress and an urge to quit.
Why most side hustles fail to succeed?
Ways to stay motivated for side hustle
- In order to stay motivated to do our side hustle its important that we give ourselves the time to rest. Thinking too much about it would feel like a dead end and will cause us to rage quit. Its important to take out some time for yourself from your regular job and side hustle.
- Read more books, news, articles and watch informative videos. This will give you the more knowledge about new things and about the things which you may have already known. More knowledge means more things to talk about. You would be able to utilize this knowledge to get new ideas for your side hustle and stay motivated.
- Treat it like a hobby in order to stay motivated when you don’t get the desired results from your side hustle. Do not think about making money from it right away. First make it your habit to work on your side hustle every day and results will follow.
- Side hustle is meant to be stress buster where you do a work which you like and enjoy. It should not become one more reason to give you stress. So treat it like that and you will always be motivated to work more on your side hustle.
There are many reasons to quit your side hustle but there is always one reason to keep going. Find that reason and remember why you started doing it. Whenever in doubt remind yourself why you started it in order to keep unmotivation away. This will keep you motivated not only to work on it but also to be better at what you are doing. Hope this was helpful to you and good luck with your side hustle.