By Natalie Polanco So I did some number crunching today. (For anyone who knows me and my relationship with numbers, this is a huge deal. But work with me for a second.) A lot of people would kill for a $20 an hour job, right? Well when you work out the numbers, that's really not even 40k a year...that's if you're working forty hours. A decent education at a state university costs about that just for one year of tuition and expenses. Then there's taxes. Gas. RENT. Phone. Kids...if you have any. (If you do, I'm praying for you.) I could go on and on. In NYS, it's almost impossible to actually live comfortably off a 40 hour work-week...that's IF you're getting at least $20 an hour. I'm an artist. It takes me about 5 hours to complete any one GOOD piece of art, that I'd sell for about $300-$500. I could make that SAME 40k living (and pay less in taxes) off just selling just 8 pieces a month, and I could do it in my SPARE TIME. (Just 45 hours a month.) MORAL OF THE STORY: Not saying we all have to be artists...but what if you could find SOMETHING that you could do in your spare time that could DOUBLE your income? Not a second job, but something you and only YOU control? THAT'S how you win at life people. #HappyWednesday Natalie Polanco 22. Artist. 🎨 Professional Vacationer. 🌴 Lover of Positive Vibes Around The World. 🌎 My Favorite "F" Word is Feminism. 👑 Instagram: www.instagram.com/fearless_femme_/ Website: www.thefemmes.bigcartel.com/ As a New Yorker, I get asked this magical question once a week. And such a simple question occasionally prompts me to think very deeply.
Which would you like to add...time or value? In the case of the metro card, I always choose time because it gives me more value. I take the subway at least three times a day for 5 days straight ($2.75 × 3...is $8.25 × 5...is $41.25 ) so buying a weekly saves me $10.25 at least. But in real life, every day I choose value. Why? Simple, because value can be created whenever you want and however you want. When it comes to times we have no real choice. We never know when our clocks will stop ticking. And when my time is up my value will always remain and continue to shine through. This year we lost many influencers, loved ones and amazing humans who created tremendous value that will live on past their time and even our time. #Prince #MuhammadAli #PulseOrlando How are you adding value? Let us know in the comments ! This past Saturday, April 2nd we held our monthly workshop. The theme of this workshop was WE Hustle. Standing for Women Entrepreneurs Hustle. We gathered female entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, ages and industries. The goal was to come together and learn more about ourselves and our businesses.
To start off the day, we were inspired by a panel featuring Seema Alexander founder of Transition Lab, Sharon Beason founder of Womeneur, Jen Glantz founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, Pasha Cook founder of Pasha Cook & Associates and Victoria “Vix” Reitano founder of CreatiVixMedia. For our first workshop, Shydeia from Black Girl Magik led a facilitated discussion in order to help us to manifest and affirm what we wanted to accomplish in the near future. In our second workshop, Olive of Badass Women’s Society took us on a journey to find our voice through a series of communication based exercises. For the very last workshop of the day, Georgie-Ann from Illicit Mind prompted the crowd to write down why they hustle. After we wrote down our reasons, we stuck them on a white board and were able to see the reason why we hustle as well as why others hustle. Here are some reasons why WE Hustle: “because I want to inspire other women to find their voice” “my passions” “to BYOB ( Be your own boss) “ “because I believe there is something better than this” “encourage children to be whatever they want and not afraid to express it” “to hold space for those who cannot” “freedom” “to create” “to be able to do for my mom and step dad all they’ve done for me” “so that more girls (young, old and in between) know they are wonderful” “to travel the world when I want” “because I like to grow” “because I don’t want to play by other people’s rules” “because they told me I would be nothing” “it makes my life way more interesting” “to create spaces for black creatives” “so my family won’t have to” “to take advantage (& use all) of my full potential” “my son, I want to teach him he can define his life” Why do you hustle? Let us know in the comments below |