I actually started a side gig in 2022…nothing fancy, but extra cash never hurt!

I keep reading all these stories and articles about side hustles to earn extra cash, best side hustles 2022, and make your side hustle your full time gig. Well I actually started one this year, well two sort of but I already wrote about one before.

So joined a ride sharing app, Lyft, to make some extra cash on the side, you know 5–10 hours a week and call it good. Just take what I make and save it all because come next year I know I will owe taxes on it.

To point out that the side gig is actually a good amount of extra cash, since you can expense your mileage with the IRS to cut down on your taxes as well. I have learned a few things about people in general where I am doing this at least.

1. So many people here use Lyft to get to their job, or around town, to the airport, etc. People are literally going to Walgreens, or to work in the morning. And I am not talking about big corporate type jobs, literally a pizza place, a factory, clothing stores, grocery stores, etc. I figured I would just be transporting drunk people on weekends, which I do, and people to and from the airport. I never thought as many people used Lyft for day to day activities.
2. These people with normal jobs always leave a tip, even if it is only a $1. Drunk people tend to leave a great tip, or are too drunk to remember and forget. The people that do not leave a tip 90% of the time are people with $$$$$.