I'd like to expand the list of income sources where the worker has 100% control over their own schedule and is not beholden to a client, does anyone know of more?
* Donating plasma (upwards of $1000 per month due to pandemic)
* Uber/Lyft
Organ donation works the same way. It can be very profitable for the hospital and others involved. However we ban the sharing of those rewards with the people who actually provided the organ in that case.
You also get paid for "normal" blood donations, even though the payment is technically only a "compensation" for your time and trouble. The donation services like German Red Cross usually still make a profit, which is why some people make a point to donate directly to hospitals if possible.
It's boring work and customers are annoying and postal services really unreliable in some countries. Other than that, easy extra cash
However I resold whatever worked. Pins were a interesting business for example. Whatever people need to create things on their own goes well, even simple juwelry worked well.
Thing is it is very dishonest. 99% of the 'Handmade' products aren't Handmade. If you are ok with this fact and just want to compete with other Chinese resellers Etsy allows a huge Markup by their average pricing. Some markets like Pins are 99% resellers that picked Handmade as source. They have zero quality control.
Not sure what I should say, kinda easy money, very dishonest and ugly platform.
> It is healthy to donate once or twice each week, if there is a 48-hour period between each donation. Plasma is 90% water and frequent donation will not harm you. It can lead to side effects such as dizziness and fatigue, but staying hydrated can help avoid these.
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Donations clear the blood of stuff like cholesterol and microplastics, so the first donation can leave one feeling better the next day. Donating twice a week can be more taxing on the body and result in stuff like a lower body temperature, slower heartbeat and lower blood pressure because the heart doesn't have to work so hard to pump thinner blood.
I'm mostly concerned about using up the body's regenerative ability, since nobody knows how many times that plasma can be synthesized over a lifetime. But many of the components in blood have a natural recycling rate anyway. I suspect that the body can't tell if it's building new plasma from old plasma or nutrients in food though.
Without more evidence, I feel that it's better to rely on the expertise of the medical community than speculation. Just my two cents, YMMV.