How to boost your income through tutoring

Attention grad students, teachers, and other underpaid experts!

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Attention teachers and grad students! If you’re anything like I used to be, you’re feeling underpaid, overworked, stressed, and overwhelmed.

Teaching is a challenging career, with not nearly enough compensation given the work involved. Graduate school is also tough, especially because you’re usually financially strapped while you’re trying to complete your degree.

And while you might know that you need to boost your income, it can be a challenge to find the time and energy to do so. Most side hustles just don’t pay well enough for it to be worthwhile.

Today, I want to share with you how tutoring can help you earn a respectable side income capitalizing on the skills you have as an educator and life-long learner — without causing yourself further burnout.

When I was a graduate student, private tutoring was an invaluable way to make sure I not only had money to survive but also money to thrive. And best of all, it never affected my ability to meet my academic obligations in my program.

Note: I’m not talking here about tutoring for the writing center on campus or tutoring online for peanuts with a company that takes the lion share of the profits…