Rumors of layoffs at big tech companies come around several times a year, each round with more alarming numbers than the last. Whether they’re true or not, the real value of these stories is that they remind you to do the math: if your income stopped tomorrow, how many months could your cash flow keep you afloat?
The people around me who are best at weathering risk usually aren’t the ones with the highest salaries. They’re the ones who were quickest to turn “one source of income” into “two legs to stand on”—one steady, the other growing.
A side hustle doesn’t need to make money from day one; it just needs to exist from day one. Because if layoffs really happen, you won’t have time to build a second income—you’ll only have time to burn through your savings.
How many legs do you have to stand on right now?
The people around me who are best at weathering risk usually aren’t the ones with the highest salaries. They’re the ones who were quickest to turn “one source of income” into “two legs to stand on”—one steady, the other growing.
A side hustle doesn’t need to make money from day one; it just needs to exist from day one. Because if layoffs really happen, you won’t have time to build a second income—you’ll only have time to burn through your savings.
How many legs do you have to stand on right now?
