started selling sneakers to pay for books. now it's paying rent and i'm two semesters from graduating and scared to stop because what if the market flips. professors talk about careers. i'm thinking about inventory. both are real. only one shows up on the syllabus.
The Side Hustle That Became the Main Hustle
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The Side Hustle That Became the Main Hustle
I started selling sneakers to pay for books. Now it pays rent. I am two semesters from graduating and scared to stop, because what if the market flips?
Professors talk about careers. I am thinking about inventory. Both are real. Only one shows up on the syllabus.
The gig economy is not abstract for a lot of us. It is the reason we are still enrolled. The eight-minute tax I keep paying is not just money. It is attention — the mental bandwidth stolen by reselling, sourcing, shipping, and hoping the next drop is not the one that breaks you.
I want the degree. I also want to eat. The system acts like those are the same timeline. They are not.
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