Is Advocacy Your Side Gig or Career?
I have found such a great way to make a little change from speaking and writing about my health condition. At first, I felt bad making money off of my story, but I realized my story is worth being told, and I am worth being paid to tell it.
If you are making money from your advocacy, How many of you felt weird at first but now are ready, willing, and able to make money for your advocacy?
I am hoping to turn my advocacy into a career. A few months ago, I needed to step away from my full time job because of my health and our children’s. Not only am I the patient, I am the caregiver. All four of our children also have autoimmune diseases and/or chronic illnesses. I need flexibility to attend appointments and support our children as well as rest and recover myself. I founded Automatically Autoimmune LLC. I feel we have an extremely powerful story and am leaning on faith to see where this journey leads me.
Please feel free to contact me with any advice. Much appreciated!
A little, I have been doing some free work to gain creditability in my community.
Its definitely my side hustle. Whatever condition i have lived experieces with, im sharing on it. Sometimes I will share without looking for incentives (a couple) but most of the time I am doing it for the incentive. They are getting to sit and interview me so my time, energy, and experiences come at a cost as well.
I am a published author, but I never made a dime from my advocacy.
