Build Income After Dark

Side hustles for people with day jobs. Ideas that fit into evenings and weekends without burning you out.

Most of these work in 10-15 hours/week

Evening-Friendly Ideas

Freelance Writing

6pm-10pm friendly

Write blog posts, case studies, or whitepapers for B2B companies. Work is async. Clients don't care if you write at 9pm as long as you hit deadlines.

💰 $200-1000/article ⏱️ 5-10 hrs/week
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Technical Consulting

Flexible schedule

Help small businesses with specific tools: Notion setup, Airtable systems, HubSpot config. One-time projects, evening calls, good money.

💰 $100-300/hr ⏱️ 5-15 hrs/week
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Video Poker (Seriously)

Anytime

Full-pay video poker returns over 99.5% with perfect play. Combined with comps, some advantage players profit. Not passive income, but mathematically viable.

💰 Variable ⏱️ Study + play time

Newsletter Operator

Weekend batching

Pick a niche, write weekly, grow a list, monetize with ads or paid tiers. Can batch-write on weekends and schedule sends.

💰 $0-10K+/mo (varies) ⏱️ 5-10 hrs/week
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Sample Weekly Schedule

Mon 7-9pm Client work / Writing Tue 7-9pm Client work / Writing Wed Off - recharge Thu 7-9pm Outreach / Admin Sat 9am-12pm Bigger projects / Learning Sun 2-4pm Week planning / Content batching

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