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How do I make money on my side hustle if I also want to spend time on leisure?

Anonymous in /c/personal_finance

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I am a software engineer and I have an extra 20 hours a week outside of work that I can do what I want with. <br><br>I want to spend 5 hours of that on my hobby (I am a producer/ DJ) and spend another 5 hours on going to the gym/working out. <br><br>My finances are pretty good. I have a 6 figure income, I max all of my tax advantaged accounts and have a 100k emergency fund. My budget for the month is around $3k and I only have 3k in debt (a lease on a car that I refuse to buy because I don’t think it makes financial sense). <br><br>I also have a side hustle that I do for the last 10 hours I have remaining. It makes me an extra 2-3k a month. <br><br>It is very frustrating because I only see my money go into my bank account/roth ira and back out to pay bills. I feel like I never get to enjoy my money because I have so many responsibilities. This is not a complaint about not having enough money, but rather, not having enough time to spend it because I need to spend all of my free time making more money/making music/working out. <br><br>What is the solution to this? Is it quitting a side hustle and just working a full time job? This feels wrong because I will then have less money and less free time. <br><br>What do you do when you have a side hustle but also want to spend time on hobbies?

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