Campus Connect Engagement Contest Week 5 - Side Hustle On Campus As A Student by @jdkeys

Looking at Campus life, it actually isn't the way most people picture as, As a student you tend to focus most of your time and energy in trying to make sure you graduate with a good grade but along the line issues like finances come up of which it give us as student no choice than to look for other sources of income.

1. Selling items like cloths or jewelry

2. Doing Assignments and getting paid

3. Organising extra classes

4. Selling airtime and data etc.

After thinking so much and having headaches I decided on what to do. Before I got into the University I was into music as a Pianist, then I realised i could be teaching Piano to other students in the University.

At 2019, 200level 2nd semester I started teaching Piano to Students who were interested I wasn't really charging much(about 5,000 naira per student per month), reason being that it was a campus environment.
After a short while I joined a Live band on Campus that focused on performing in school dinners and other activities and got paid per show on campus. In addition to the piano lessons I was paid about 3,000 naira per show as a pianist in the live band.

At the beginning it wasn't quite easy to adjust to because I used my Saturdays for purely studies buh I had to adjust my timetable and become strict to how I plan my day's activities.