According to online sources (okay, it was a couple of Google searches), Singapore’s workforce comprises about 15% of self-employed people. That’s about 350,000 working adults in what we now dub the “gig economy”. I wonder how many of the 85% take on a gig job as sideline.
Personally, I started my own business, maintain my insurance license, and recently started this blog which has started to bring in some money. That’s trying to juggle three gigs at the same time, and so far I quite like it. My main job largely involves tutoring students, and that means I’m occupied with lessons in the afternoons and evenings, as well as weekend mornings and afternoons. After years in this business, it has become very clear that there are financially productive hours when everything demands my time, and there are dead hours which are just that. Taking up a gig...