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The Freedom Ladder: From Coffee Money to a Full-Time Income, One Rung at a Time

Build income at your own pace and create more freedom with every step

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Jo Barnes
Sep 22, 2025
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South Pacific Ocean - Fiji

Over the last few years, the word side hustle has all but muscled out the word ‘solopreneur’ (probably because it’s so bloody hard to spell), and become another word for ‘small business run by one person from home.’

Even so, most people view side hustles as something that can replace their salary, fund their freedom, and even turn into a full-blown entrepreneurial concern (good news they can!)

But this view can create a significant amount of overwhelm before you’ve even started.

Because if you start thinking too big, which is what the ‘gooroos’ recommend you do…

  • Think Big!

  • Reach for the stars!

  • If you’re not growing you’re dying!’

…our little survival brains kick in & start to sabotage us from the outset.

  • Do I know enough?

  • What if I get it wrong?

  • Am I too late?

  • Someone’s already doing it better than me.

  • I’m too old for this s**t!

So you stall. You wait, and you convince yourself the timing isn’t right & carry on with life as it is.

‘Carry on folks, nothing to see here!’

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