I’ve been on a long, twisty journey trying to figure out how I’m going to make my money in the future, because one thing is certain: I am not built for the traditional 9 to 5. Especially not in Spain. Down here in the deep south, people don’t really get paid for their time. A typical salary is around 1,250 euros, and once taxes trim that down, you’re left with roughly a thousand.
I can make that thousand from home. I’ve done it before. But right now it feels like the hardest moment ever to pull it off. So I’ve been staring at my life and asking myself:
What can I do? How many streams can I realistically build? How many plates can I spin without losing my mind?
The answer keeps circling back to writing. Writing gives me energy. It sparks ideas about the future. It makes me curious. It wakes me up. And that is the energy I need to follow when I decide where to invest my time. Because you cannot build a successful side hustle unless you can repeat the same action again and again, not in a soul killing way, but in a rhythm you genuinely enjoy.
I’ve been writing essays here for a little over a week, and honestly, I’ve enjoyed every moment. The conversations, the interactions, the upvotes… they feel rewarding. And now I’m wondering if I should build something else around writing, because clearly this is a well that keeps giving.
One idea: a snail mail club.
Another: turning my silly sticker side hustle idea into something with a theme.
I already have a Redbubble account. And I could use the same little universe to send monthly envelopes with a short story and stickers. Something fun. Something light. Something that doesn’t drain me because it is just once a month. I’m not sure if it would be more stress than joy, but I do know that posting things, packing things, walking to the post office with a little stack of parcels… it already feels rewarding. I’m used to reselling, and even though my current reselling income for November is around 20 euros and I’m likely to surpass that with my essays alone. That is wild, in a good way. Maybe in the future Hive could pay my groceries that cost around 250€ per month.
Publishing here also makes me think about where to post.
The Reflections community feels like home, like sliding into slippers that magically fit. But Ladies of Hive? I go too deep, too future heavy, and the vibe doesn’t match. So now I’m thinking about branching out, finding different groups, seeing where my words naturally belong.
At the same time, I’m still trying to find copywriting clients. But I don’t want to write about everything. I want clients whose topics I care about, like horses, feminine led services, soulful brands. If I don’t feel passion for the subject, the writing tastes flat. And that makes finding the right client a bit of a puzzle right now.
But ultimately, this whole path is about energy exchange.
What works with your energy and what doesn’t.
What expands you and what drains you.
So I’ll keep throwing my ideas and texts into Hive, because something is already blossoming here faster than I ever expected and I'm very grateful for it.
Well if you want to get 250 Euro from Hive Per month one way to do it would be to build up some HP that would let you earn some curation rewards and take 50% of your author rewards as your grocery money. That would keep you of the radar of those who don't like extractors and will let you keep growing your HP every month.
Realistically at the current price of Hive it is hard to make more than $100 to $150 in author rewards per month so if you took 50% of your author rewards that would get you to $50-75 per month.
Right now $2,500 in staked power provides about $30 in curation rewards per month or $15 at 50% To get to about $200 monthly curation rewards at a current price of Hive you would need around $30,000 in HP. So you could probably invest $25,000 in Hive and you would get a passive income stream of around $250 to $300 per month...
Thank you for the breakdown! My situation is a bit different though.
The average yearly income where I live is around €12,000 — roughly $13,000 USD after tax. So investing $25,000 USD into Hive Power just isn’t possible for me. That would be more than two full years of income here.
Right now I’m earning around €50–€70 per month from writing (about $55–$75 USD). For me, that already makes writing far more profitable than curation would be unless I had a huge amount to invest upfront.
So my realistic path is to keep writing, grow HP organically from author rewards, and slowly build from there. That works much better with my circumstances.
Sometimes our daily routine can be tiring, and no amount can ever compensate for our time. Hive is a great place, and I am certain you will find communities that completely fit. Hive is home, and it is a home for all too