Side hustles for summer: Turn your offbeat interest in things like tarot cards into a business, like Practical Magic
[Welcome to summer! Let's try to kill boredom with cool activities at home, awesome travel itineraries, and TV and movies! This week, let's talk about side hustles and trying to earn some extra cash.]
Ah summer, that time of year when most of us make a little more time for our personal lives. We can always do the cash-burning usual: go on a trip, go to the beach, go visit lola in the province.
Or we can turn time into tangible gold, step on the gas of your passion projects and perhaps make some extra cash.
These days, astrology and its ilk are having a second wind and freelance writer Chinggay Labrador is at it with Practical Magic, a tarot card reading side business that was born out of her interest in the esoteric.
"I really got into tarot cards in 2012 because I was heavily into yoga and meditation, and found that the cards were a great accompaniment to my practice. The approach I use for Practical Magic is more psychological with a little bit of magic rather than predictive. Tarot can help people make smarter decisions and choices," Chinggay shares.
Having been collecting tarot cards, the entrepreneurial Chinggay only had to take a reading class to get formal training and then invest in her online presence. In total, that's about P10,000 investment to set everything up (P6,000 for the tarot card reading classes, P4,000 for web presence).
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She earns somewhere around P15,000 monthly in return for P1,500 website and Instagram maintenance "and about 12-15 hours a month, which involves in-person readings, email readings, teaching workshops, and working on my content," Chinggay breaks it down.
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"Cultivating self-awareness and self-empowerment is one of my main goals for Practical Magic. When a client comes back to me and I find out that they took action after a reading, I know I’m on the right track. When you’re able to help someone work through a confusing time and remind them of their own autonomy, you get a sense of accomplishment no other job can provide." — LA, GMA News
Find Practical Magic: Website. Instagram. Email.
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