I thought freelancing online would be easy. Open my laptop, send a few pitches, make money while sipping coffee at home. Reality? I spent weeks sending proposals that got ignored. The few clients I landed paid so little that my hourly rate ended up below minimum wage One night, after pulling an all-nighter for a $30 project, I realized this wasn’t freedom. It was digital slavery. The lesson? Not all side hustles are worth your time. The internet is full of “opportunities,” but without boundaries, you end up underpaid and exhausted. Now I focus only on skills that scale—things I can charge more for as I get better. If I had known this earlier, I would have saved months of frustration. #finance #sidehustle #makemoney