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My friends, we have almost come to the end of another year. It is episode 3,286. We have done side hustle school every day since January 1, 2017. And whenever you wrap up a year, it's always a good moment to ask like, hey, what did we learn? What should we do differently?
And I like to ask this in all aspects of my life and work, just thinking about all my projects and how I structure things, what I want to do more of, what I want to do less of, and so on. I write about that a bit sometimes in my sub-stack newsletter, A Year of Mental Health. I have a long running series about how to conduct your own annual review every year for, I guess, I don't know, 15 years now. I've been doing this kind of goal setting exercise where I think about my year, reflect on what went well, what didn't, what do I want for next year, and so on. As it relates to the podcast, we've got a long time listener here who's wondering about the future of side hustle school.
So, you know, let's talk about it. The show exists to help real people earn real money. So I always want to kind of keep what works, fix what doesn't, try a couple of new things every year. Let's hear the question. And I'm going to share where the podcast is headed, what we're looking forward to coming up very, very soon in the new year.
All right, stay tuned for that question and my answer. [Music]
Hi, Chris, long time listener here. As the year winds down, I'm curious about the future of side hustle school. What kinds of stories or experiments are you planning next? And beyond the podcast, what else would we be working on?
Books, workshops, community projects? I love the show and I would love a peek behind the scenes at what's staying, what might evolve, and how listeners like me can be a part of it. [Music]
Hey, thanks so much for being out there. And thanks not only to this caller, but to everybody who listens to the podcast. You know, I say this often, but it really is true that I make it for you.
I make the show because it connects with people. It helps them along the way. And not just because of what I'm saying, but of course, because of all the questions and contributions and notes from listeners and so on. So I'm very grateful and we are going to continue. That's what we're gonna do.
Continuing on into the new year, which will be our 10th year. We are gonna keep up the daily format. I'm gonna be digging a lot into the archives of the show as we've approached, well, nine plus years now, starting two days from now. We have all of these episodes that a lot of people have never heard. So from time to time, I like to go back and feature some of them.
For the coming year, we're gonna do that a lot more. So we're gonna do some archives, but also updates on those episodes and probably some other stuff as well. I'm also hosting a new event called Neurodiversion. This project, it explores focus, energy, and work designed for neurodivergent individuals, people with ADHD, autism, other neurodiverse types, as well as the whole broader community, anybody interested in neurodiversity. So I do that in Austin, Texas in March.
You can learn about that neurodivergent.org. I'm doing more on time anxiety. That's my most recent book. And I'll be talking about that some more. I've got some exercises and some free resources coming out for that.
I'm doing some other writing. I might be starting just a small little publishing company. I'll talk about that at some point. That's some of what I'm doing, but really, I don't wanna make the show about me. It is about you, our community.
So if you wanna participate, keep sending in specific questions. The more specific, the better. We're gonna have a lab format at some point where we get to kind of follow you around for a month and hear about what you're doing in the side of the world. Probably some other things that will reveal themselves as I go along. I think maybe it's good to say what won't change in addition to the daily format is no nonsense advice.
I want to respect your time. And I always want to have a bias toward action. So the goal remains the same, basically to help you earn more money apart from your job, to help you build dependence away from your job. Even if you like that job, it's always good to have more than one source of income. That's what we've been doing for nine years.
That's what we're gonna keep doing into the new year. So thank you for being out there. One more big episode of this year. And of course, day after tomorrow, we're gonna kick into, what is it? 2026, 2026.
I can't wait. I hope to see you there. Thank you again. Chris Guillebeau, this is "Side Hustle School." [Music]
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