Questions to ask yourself before starting a side hustle
One the most common questions I get as a business coach is ‘when’s the best time to start?’ or ‘when will you know that you’re ready to invest in your side hustle’?
I could go on and on about just starting and give you all the motivational tips and tricks to help you ‘just start’ but in reality, the only thing stopping you, is you!
Often I notice that it’s not that people aren’t ready to start, it’s that they’re not willing to. A side hustle for many of us is a new idea, a dream or a goal that we don't have any experience of achieving as yetand we all know that starting new things as an adult is much harder than it looks —see this post about my recent experience.
If you want to figure out if you’re really serious about doing something about your side hustle, consider these questions because in the words of Maya Angelo, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
Are you prepared to be in the exact same place with your life this time next year knowing that you still would not have started?
What would it feel like if you woke up tomorrow and saw someone starting on your idea because you left it too late?
How much time and energy is being taken up in your head thinking about your idea and for how long? How does it make you feel?
How bad do you want it or are you comfortable where you are now?
What have you actually done about getting started on this idea and are you willing to invest in what you don’t know so that you can take the first step?
What’s stopping you?
What can you do to overcome the obstacles that look like they’re in the way?
What would you be doing with your life 5 years from now knowing that you started today and your dreams came true and how would you feel?
I don’t need to give you a formula to figure out how many points you got or how to calculate what you should do next. You have that inside of you— it’s called your intuition, some may say purpose, your heart or a calling…if you listen closely to how you feel when answering these questions you’ll know what you need to do next.
Happy side hustling….
K x
In case you missed it—the Start Your Side Hustle Coaching Academy is back!
Class kicks off in October and is limited to just 10 people. This academy will be focused on people with an idea for a side hustle and will run over three months. A mix of group coaching and includes 1:1 support to help you get clear on your idea, make a plan and bring it to life! More info and to save your spot here — see you in class!
