I accidentally became a household manager. I make $450 a week and still have time for other side hustles and jobs.

Being a household manager helps me build marketable skills while making extra money.

Plus, I still have time to build my dream career.

Sky Lott I began supplementing my part-time job's salary by picking up a family friend's kids after school.

Eventually, that side hustle turned into working about 30 hours a week as their household manager .

I make $450 a week, and my role involves tasks like organizing schedules and solving problems.

I was fired, frustrated, and, frankly, fed up.

After losing my job as a flight attendant , I spent more than a year trying to figure out my next move.

I had a communications degree and professional experience, but the bustling career in a newsroom I'd dreamed of hadn't materialized.

Eventually, I stopped waiting for my career to look the way I thought it was supposed to and started piecing together a path that I wanted for myself.

I took a part-time position as an executive assistant and spent my off days creating travel content and writing, which felt like steps toward my career goals.

Since I was only part-time, I had also agreed to help a family friend with after-school pickup for their two sons.

I thought it would be just that: school pickups.

I certainly didn't anticipate the last part to turn into another job.

After my family friend became seriously ill and eventually required long-term care, her family's needs changed.