Inflation, Stress, & the surge of the “side hustle”

When I look at my practice, I have seen a wild increase in the rates of stress and anxiety in my patients. Leading to everything from increases in blood pressure, blood sugar and gastrointestinal issues. Stress can lead to an increase in inflammation, which can lead to flares of rheumatologic conditions, and increases in chronic pain. Patients are reporting quite a number of different reasons for this. Most commonly…

 

• • Covid

• • Chronic illness concerns

• • Family

But most of the time lately it’s related to Inflation and financial concerns (which also touches the family)

 

And who could blame anyone? Just look at the difference from 2019 to today…

Average price of gas from 2.29 to 4.02 (up 43%)

Average price of milk from 2.43 to 4.22 (up 42%)

Average price of eggs from 1.55 to 3.42 (up 55%)

Add to this the fact that the average annual increase in wages from 2019 to now is 2.83%. No wonder we aren’t keeping up financially.

Most of us already have a full-time job. And Lord knows, there are only so many hours in the day. Do you take more time away from your family? More hours on the road? (this is where the stress creeps in)

Just a random poll, how many of you bought houses you love?? How many of you actually believe that you have enough time to spend working on the house you love, the yard you love?

For me, I bought my dream, a nice little house on a few acres surrounded by farm and woods in the beginning of 2020. My husband and I couldn’t wait to dig into all the little projects that we could do to turn this place into our little homestead.

Then COVID and Recession hits…

Our once decent salaries aren’t going anywhere near as far. Especially when you drive as far as we do for our jobs.

Now, we are working so much more just trying to make the same ends meet. The “mom guilt” was eating me alive. I needed something that I could work on the side, and still be home with my kids. So, I started searching…

 

• • I searched Indeed for “remote” or “work from home,” but all those jobs required many hours to be spent glued to my screen.  FAIL

 

• • I could do Uber? Or other people’s shopping? But that seemed to be pretty saturated and NOT “from home.” FAIL

 

• • I tried my hand at learning stocks. Me and the stock market were not great friends. I didn’t “lose” but didn’t “win” I just stayed stagnant. FAIL

And then it happened!

I saw it, this nurse talking on TikTok about how to make passive side income with something called affiliate marketing. She was talking about a $7 course that given 15 days of instruction on how to do this. They lured me in with… “You can do this in 1-2 hours per day” (this woman was speaking my language)

 

You mean to tell me I can still be a nurse and do what I love? 

Affiliate for heathy products?

Teach health promotion?

This program was so much more than I ever imagined. They hooked me up with mentors and support, I still talk with to this day. They teach things like affiliate marketing, course creation and more. They walk you through the process step by step.  Which is awesome for those who are not tech savvy like me! 

Keep in mind, enterpreneurship may not be for everyone. I wasn’t sure it would even be for me.  I honestly put about 1.5 hours per day on it, and the money rolls in passively throughout the day. It certainly solved the “financial stress” problem for our family.

If you want access to the exact training I had… click here