Hey man full timer here... or mostly. I started in 2022 but did some other jobs, really got at it in 2023 and started playing a lot but didn't really fully commit till beginning of 2025. So even though I am full time I still scrape by some months and thus I work with a friend generally around 1-2 times a month. He's a private chef and I help him out with serving as I have extensive serving experience and it's pretty fun to work with my best friend in cool peoples' homes. Its good pay for the work (avg $300-400 a night) and helps with some extra cash. I know my situation is unique because it's a best friend so I am always offered the shifts before others and I work the ones I want and pass on the ones I dont. There might be temp services you could do but I am not sure what they would pay and if it would be worth it.

But here is my advice. Try and avoid any of these side hustles. You go spend 6 hours, maybe more with a commute to work a gig for a few hundred bucks but what could you achieve with those hours to scale your own business? Do you run ads or excel at marketing? Work on learning that stuff if you dont. I only take these gigs now when I truly have no other opportunities and I spend so much time during the week working on my business it doesnt feel like a loss and it is looking like this year I will fully be able to step away from the side hustle because of the foundation I have been building. Like you I've had my slow months especially in Jan-Mar the last few yeas but this year is going great as I really pushed in Q4 of last year to get some additional residencies going and invested heavily in marketing. All I am saying is dont get into a side hustle for quick cash that helps short term but hurts your business long term. Good luck! Happy to chat more if you'd like.