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It's always annoyed me that you see the recommendation to get a "side hustle" to get ahead... when in reality you need that "side hustle" just to afford basic cost of living. At that point it's not a hustle, it's literally survival.

Side note: I saw a post / tweet / comment somewhere that pointed out how depressing the phrase "cost of living" is when you think about it. I wish I could remember it verbatim because I often do think about that phrase and get a bit sad.

In short: Nearly 9 per cent of workers aged between 20 to 24 are working multiple jobs โ€“ more than any other demographic

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"A lot of people my age are hustling, but a lot of it's sort of unavoidable," she said.

"We need to hustle in order to pay rent, pay food, and just like survive out here."

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Maybe I'm crazy but for 40h a week I need to be getting ahead somehow, not just subsisting and padding out someone else's retirement portfolio