3 Balancing a Full-Time Job with School or a Side Hustle
by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
If you were part of the pandemic-era entrepreneurial boom, you may have taken up some work outside of your regular day job. Maybe you launched a side hustle with the goal of becoming your own boss. Maybe you decided to go back to school and pursue a part-time degree. You’re not alone. Small business applications jumped 53% from 2019 to 2021; and graduate degree enrollment increased by 4.3% after years of descending.1
Even so, the initial luster of starting a venture outside of your nine-to-five is likely wearing off. The joyful string of “Congrats!” that sprang from your peers may be dampened by the reality of the grind: staying up late to complete assignments; ...
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