Rachel’s Writing Portfolio

  Teaching freelance in a foreign country can sound like quite a luxurious career. Traveling to new places, working with international students, and getting paid to live abroad sounds like the dream for some people. But how to go about getting there? It can be challenging to navigate a new education system in general, but adding a foreign language and culture shock makes it a pretty daunting task.   One teacher who made this plunge into the world of international English education is Erika Copeland, or Ms. Reeka, to her students. Reeka is not a recent transplant to Tbilisi, Georgia. In fact, she's been here for years, working in schools, giving private lessons, and learning the ins and outs of the TEFL hustle here in Georgia. She's done every kind of teaching you can since she started her education career back in 2009. Reeka has made her way around education from teaching abroad in South Korea to every grade school subject to substituting in America. She started her dance team...

When searching for extra income working from home, a popular option is to make some art or craft to sell. Usually, people recommend Etsy or eBay to open an online storefront. These hosting sites work by taking a percentage of your profits as service fees to save artists the hassle and upfront expense of building a website. These platforms also have a collection of regular customers regularly browsing the site. The craft medium isn't necessarily important, although the most common are crochet, knitting, drawing and artwork, embroidery, tattoo designs, posters, screen-printed clothing, and jewelry.   Not for newbies   The tricky thing about this "side hustle" is that you can't do it if you don't already have a marketable skill. I knew how to create and design crochet, weaving, and embroidery, so I could start relatively quickly. If you are learning a skill, you must add the time spent learning and the initial investment of any tools you don't already own to th...