I now only have side hustles, my main activity being to travel/live in my truck camper so my gigs need to fit in my lifestyle. Looking for a free place to camp, some firewood, or a place to shower is also part of this lifestyle.
Side gig #1, my main source of income, doing peer review of various environmental management reports. Remotely, average 10 hours a week of work, 75% reading, 25% commenting and writing my report. My rate is $150 per hour, a steal compared to what other consultants charge. But I have no overhead, my truck (or the beach...) is my office, and I only need internet access for a couple of hours a week to download reports then upload my reviews. This gig keeps me intellectually sharper (I am trying...), and connected to younger folks in my field. I could work much more than that, but why would I, I am 61?
Side hustle #2, from May to October, in a great little remote city in Northern Canada, literally at the end of the road: support worker for people with disabilities with a local non-profit association. Before the beginning of every month, I request the days I want to work. Fun gig, I take peeps out on light outdoor activities, canoeing, hiking, bowling, going to the pool, the movies: $26 per hour having a blast, pretty much like the fun summer camp counsellor jobs we had when we were seventeen. I'll do this until I can no longer do it physically.
Side hustle #3, remote via conference call of no more than a couple of hours, with bi-annual face-to-face meetings: sit as a board member on a regulatory board. Interesting job, we have professional staff who do the leg work, we review their work, say yay or nay, etc. Honorarium is $350 a day, nets me on average $1200 a month, travel and expenses are paid on top of my honorarium.
