5 Reasons Why I Opened an Etsy Store

4. Teach Others to Walk The Same Path

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At the beginning of 2019, I was lost. Trying not to drown in a heap of debt. You see, for most of my adult life, I did not receive financial education. At age 16 when I got my first credit card, I didn’t really think about paying off what I put on it.
I know it sounds crazy but sometimes you have a very naive and ignorant view of money when you don’t know how it works.

Years later, when I already realized I’m in trouble, I told myself that everything would be alright when I finished my Computer Science degree and started working for hi-tech salaries. Boy was I wrong. I tried writing in Medium’s Partner Program for a while to make some side-hustle money until I realized I’m sacrificing my creativity for the sake of survival.

It didn’t work. I wasn’t fast enough and writing there only covered my monthly coffee.

Now, after three years in the hi-tech industry, more than 18 months on Medium, and a smaller but still kicking debt, I decided I need a different path. I need more than one income stream to make my dreams come true.

But, in today’s world, any income stream I would pick should have people in mind. I don’t get money in a void — there is a person behind the payment who seeks value for their…