WEEKLY RECAP: Perspective, Planning, and Pumpkin Pie

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We have just finished week number 47 of season three. Welcome, I'm so glad you're here. My name is Chris Guillebeau, your host, and this week, episode, what are we at, 1058, this week featured an attorney who sells cork sunglasses with grape expectations. That's right, grape expectations. A Texas banker who teaches classes on painting your pet.

She's actually doing really well with this business. It's not just a side hustle now, it's making thousands and thousands of dollars a month, and of course, much more. We're also coming up on the week of Thanksgiving, which is my favorite holiday of the year. And by Thanksgiving week, I mean the US Thanksgiving week. I realize Canadians have already had one.

Now I've been on the road a bit, but we'll look forward to slowing down at least momentarily to have some pie. And then very soon after, I'll begin my annual review trip, which I'm excited about. I'll be sharing that on Instagram. And also maybe a bit here in the podcast as well. Now, as mentioned the last week on December 1, I'll have an announcement about the future of side hustle school and a very big change we'll be making perhaps to coincide with the arrival of a new year and a new decade.

I don't wanna tease it out forever. That's just one week from now. So in a week from today, I'm gonna tell you a little bit more about what's happening. And I also wanna say, speaking of holidays, for anybody out there who struggles during the holiday season, I've been there. Like I said, I like Thanksgiving, but I don't always enjoy a lot of other holidays.

So my encouragement, if that happens to be you as well, like look out for yourself, hang in there. And if you know someone who might be struggling, whether you love holidays or hate them or indifferent, try to look out for them too. If you can think of anybody, you should check on, give them a call or send them a message or just plan some kind of activity with them. Or maybe just let them know you're thinking of them. At this time of year, I often think of the old saying, "Be kind for everyone is fighting a hard battle." It's true.

All right, in today's recap, I wanna bring you an audio update. This one features two side hustlers in San Diego, California. Interesting business. It was episode 434, "California Moms Get High and Get Well." So we're gonna hear from those California moms right after this message from our sponsor. Really appreciate them allowing the show to be completely free to you.

So sponsor message and then over to Shelly and Desi. [Music]

Hey, side hustlers, it's Desi, and this is Shelly from San Diego, California. Our side hustle is Cordial Organics and we produce beauty and wellness products infused with CBD and we're entering our fourth year. Cordial Organics and our story was featured on Side Hustle episode number 434. Since our interview, Cordial Organics has evolved from a side hustle to a daily hustle.

We have been steadily growing as a result of constant work and marketing efforts. Balance, our full spectrum tincture, was featured on Bon Appetit, which upleveled our online sales by 100 times. Our advice is to be mindful of marketing you sign up for, such as trade shows and influencers that promise you exactly what you've been hoping for. We have found more targeted personal efforts have taken us much further than traditional marketing. Right now we are working on getting our seasonal bidders and bath salts launched.

Follow us on Instagram @cordialorganics. - Well, congratulations Shelly and Desi, thank you for the update. 100X increase, I mean, that sounds like you've been busy. And yes, great advice there. Be careful about managing your expectations with anyone, any person or brand or company who promises you what you wanna hear, especially in the world of trade shows or publicity.

Totally agree and we have heard that from others as well. So always a good reminder for listeners. And everyone, as you heard, you can follow along with Shelly and Desi, cordialorganics@instagram.com/cordialorganics. More updates to come and also now listen up. If you've been hearing this for a while, you're like, okay, I know what Chris is gonna say next.

But I am gonna say, if you have a question or comment, we actually are gonna feature a lot of questions and comments in some upcoming episodes. A little bit of a teaser there, sneak peek. Would love to hear from you. If you have a short question or comment, that number is 8449 Hustle, 8449487853. You can also just go to the website, sidehustleschool.com, click the about page and then scroll down.

There's a little place where you can use your computer, you know, use technology. It's crazy, wild, you know, here we are 2019. Leave us a little message and it kind of goes through the interwebs and comes to me. I don't quite know how it works, but you can leave a message there. We would love to hear from you and know what you're working on and what your greatest challenge is.

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All right, got a lot of stuff coming up in the final weeks of 2019. Let's see here, I'm looking at my notes. So we got something about leatherworking, something about librarians and something about cartography. Leatherworking, cartography, librarians, all coming up in the next few days. Of course we got Thanksgiving as well, but the show goes on.

Now I'm gonna sign off for the week, but before I do, I wanna say thank you. First of all to you, our listeners, you're the reason I make this show for 1,058 episodes and counting, I said, you know, when I started, if you make the commitment to make this part of your routine, then I too commit to supporting you in your quest to create that new source of income. Whatever it is for you, whatever it looks like, whatever your goals are, I'm gonna be here. And we've done that now for 1,000 days, but of course the best is yet to come. I always do believe that.

So before I go, thanks as well to producer Chuck Reed, community liaison Jed Chang, anyone else from Cadence 13, Nick, Sage, Serena, Chris, another Chris, content manager Tina Hart, and the official show cat Libby Gilliboe. All of us, including the show cat, are part of the Onward Project that is curated and led by best-selling author, Gretchen Rubin, be sure to check out her show, happier with Gretchen Rubin, as well as happier in Hollywood and the program from Melissa Urban, Do the Thing. This is a free listener supported show. If you enjoy it, I'd be super grateful for your quick rating and review in Apple Podcasts. Doesn't take long, helps other people discover the show and you can also tell your friends or even better, show them how to subscribe.

Especially your non-podcast listening friends, which is actually a majority of people out there still. So if you know somebody out there who needs another source of income, send them to us, show them how it works and we'll take care of them. In every episode I mention inspiration is good, but action is better. It's because I hope to feature your story here. So I hope you'll join me tomorrow on Each Day Next Week for more stories and ideas.

Consider this a short daily investment in yourself, just 10 minutes long. Episodes go online at 601 a.m. Eastern time. My name is Chris Guillebeau, this is Side Hustle School. [Music]

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