8 months into my side hustle hitting $1.4k/month – some lessons learned

Seeing a lot of posts about side hustles lately, thought I'd share my journey.

Started last year trying everything: dropshipping, print-on-demand, freelance writing, app development... first few months were basically just burning money

Things turned around in March when I started actually researching different business models systematically. Stumbled across this idea on TinyIdea about local service businesses, so I started a "errands + home services booking" thing in my neighborhood.

Now pulling in around $1.4k consistently, which covers rent and groceries at least.

Few things I learned:

1.Don't try to scale before you validate demand 2.Local services often have way less competition than online stuff 3.Word of mouth beats any paid advertising

Anyone else grinding on side projects? Would love to hear your stories.