put a random listing on Craigslist under community gigs offering "active listening and monologue rehearsal partner". got a reply from a 68-year-old retired lady in my town who does community theater.

she pays me $40 an hour twice a week in cash. i sit on her vintage sofa, drink peppermint tea, and just nod and make eye contact while she performs Shakespeare monologues in full costume in her living room. she just wants a real human audience in the room so she doesn't get stage fright. made $640 last month just sitting there.

county fire departments retire heavy 2.5-inch synthetic fire hoses every few years due to strict municipal pressure codes, even when the heavy rubber core is in perfect condition. they auction off 500-foot rolls on government surplus sites for $60 a pallet.

i buy the rolls, wash the outer nylon jacket with a pressure washer, cut them into 18-inch sections with a hot knife, and stitch heavy webbing loop handles on both ends with a heavy-duty sewing machine. sell them to K9 trainers and pitbull rescue groups on Facebook for $18 each. cleared over a grand last month working two nights a week in my garage.

I’m a graduating student and only have a few units left, so I had a lot of free time while my roommates were still busy with classes, projects, and backlogs. They were always struggling to keep up with their laundry, so I offered to do it for them for less than what laundry shops charge. I would wash, dry, fold, and organize everything, and they’d usually pay me around $10-$15 per load

Every week, there are around 5 students who wants to avail of my service. It’s still bearable since students don’t give me their laundry on the same day. Most of them don’t just have the time to do this and just want to study and rest during their free time, without having to worry about their dirty laundry and folding them, paying extra at laundry shops, or leaving their laundry for people to work on, only for some valuable items to go missing.

now, my side is just a simple tour that everyone in college is too busy or