I actually thought about
@Proaffili and I's interaction for a little bit, and I wanted to expound more on the fact that I actually earn a substantial amount of my monthly income online. Heck, just two decades ago, the idea of earning money through the internet was a myth to the average Joe, so instead of dismissing the idea of earning money for 'free', I wanted to explore the different avenues on how you
can earn, and how you can do it (hypothetically speaking) for free. Bear with me, I get a little talkative when I'm on a creative spiral.
Theoretically speaking, you can't get something for free without investing something. This goes with every single aspect of life as well. Even the gifts you receive from friends and family were technically 'free', you actually invested something in your relationship with them to get those:
time. Time is everything.
Investing your time is absolutely important, which will hopefully be the main point of my entire comment. When I look back at the time I started earning money online (a little over a decade now), I then realize that I spent little to nothing at all at that time. I already had a laptop, a computer, and internet–and that's practically all you need anyway. The only thing I can really remember that I spent money on was paid-for service to make a sleek looking resume, but I only paid a single month for that and that was it.
So investing your time in learning monetizable and technical skills is the way to go. It started with coding for me. I learned Java and Python and signed up for freelancing sites and that was it, the beginning of a long and arduos journey of fighting with experts and wannabes.
But at the present, the best way to actually earn in a quick and efficient manner is learning all the the different tools and software that are relatively popular in the digital realm. You have all these marketing tools like Mailchimp, Klaviyo, and Clickfunnel–when mastered, can already be considered a profitable skill.
As of the moment, I try to learn and master automation tools and apps, when possible, I also get certifications for them. These skills are what get me through the door and secure recurring clients. Being a jack-of-all-trades is not always bad, but if you're starting out just choosing one is enough. Even someting as mundane as Google Sheets–when studied in depth can be a powerful tool thats in demand in the market.
My recent ventures now fall under legal and technical writing. I've mastered tools like
this to make my creation of NDAs, contracts, partial and bilateral agreements, more seamless and fast-paced. This is how you adjust to the world being riddled with AI–you make them work for you
Phew, that's just my two cents on the topic, hope that this comment was actually substantial and didn't end up just me rambling around.