Side hustles: Why are we monetising our hobbies?

In this week’s episode of Is This Working?, the podcast that questions the impact of work on our lives, we talk about side hustles and we ask - why are we monetising our hobbies?

Side hustles are on the up, so what does the increase in people pursuing them say about what our main jobs aren’t able to provide us? We talk about blurring the boundaries between work and leisure and our culture that allows us to monetise every aspect of our lives. We also talk about how companies should be thinking about their employees pursuing side hustles. 

We end with some practical tips for anyone who is thinking of starting a side hustle. 

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Links 

• Is Work Working?, Anna Codrea-Rado as a guest on Women’s Hour, BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007x4s
• Are you a victim of corporate gaslighting? By Alex Holder for Grazia
• The Side Hustle Economy, report by The Henley Business School: https://assets.henley.ac.uk/defaultUploads/PDFs/news/Journalists-Regatta-Henley_Business_School_whitepaper_DIGITAL.pdf
• Working & Struggling To Make Ends Meet? You Are Not Alone by Vicky Spratt for Refinery 29: https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/working-poor-ifs-report
• The cult of the 5 to 9 'side hustle' by Hannah Flint for ES Magazine: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/side-hustle-other-job-a4185831.html
• The toxic fantasy of the “side hustle” by Alex Collinson for Prospect: https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/side-hustle-meaning-work-second-jobs
• Drag queen or delivery driver: What's your 'side hustle'? By Eleanor Lawrie for BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46793506
• The Ultimate Side-Hustle How-to Guide: 10 Rules for Side-Hustle Success by Jeff Haden for Inc: https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/the-side-hustle-how-to-guide-10-rules-for-side-hustle-success.html
• How the '20% time' rule led to Google's most innovative products by Petrana Radulovic for Mashable: https://mashable.com/2018/05/11/google-20-percent-rule/?europe=true
• Smart Passive Income by Pat Flynn: https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/

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