--- title: "Side hustle to full-time transition - my 6 month journey - TaskRabbit Hub | SideHustlr" description: "Started TaskRabbit as a weekend thing while employed. Month 1: $400 weekends only. Month 2-3: $800/month, started taking PTO for busy days. Month 4: Rea..." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DiscussionForumPosting", "@id": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/taskrabbit/side-hustle-to-full-time-transition-my-6-month-journey-34beb846", "url": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/taskrabbit/side-hustle-to-full-time-transition-my-6-month-journey-34beb846", "headline": "Side hustle to full-time transition - my 6 month journey", "text": "Started TaskRabbit as a weekend thing while employed. Month 1: $400 weekends only. Month 2-3: $800/month, started taking PTO for busy days. Month 4: Realized I was making more per hour than my salary. Month 5: Gave notice. 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I'm at month 3 of your journey (taking PTO for busy days). The flexibility is so appealing but scary to make the full jump.", "datePublished": "2026-01-07T22:19:32.66211+00:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous Hustler" }, "interactionStatistic": [ { "@type": "InteractionCounter", "interactionType": "https://schema.org/LikeAction", "userInteractionCount": 0 } ] }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://sidehustlr.ai/forum/taskrabbit/side-hustle-to-full-time-transition-my-6-month-journey-34beb846#comment-f467b367-8a5f-475e-8a80-56afea0c97d5", "text": "Congratulations on the transition! The work-life balance point is huge. 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The flexibility is so appealing but scary to make the full jump. 0 ![AlexTasker](https://api.dicebear.com/7.x/avataaars/svg?seed=AlexTasker) AlexTasker · 8 months ago Congratulations on the transition! The work-life balance point is huge. Being my own boss and picking my hours is worth more than the dollars sometimes. 0 Login to join the discussion Login to Reply [![SideHustlr - Earn more. 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