Behind the Experiments
Personal notes from the side hustle journey — plans, lessons, mistakes, burnout, money decisions, and what I’m learning while building kirimas.com.
My Side Hustle Scoreboard: 8 Experiments and What Each One Actually Paid
Every side hustle I have tested and written up in one table: what it paid, what it took, and whether…
I’m Putting €100 a Month Into 3x and 5x Leveraged ETFs (My Most Aggressive Experiment)
Every month I put €100 of side hustle money into an extremely aggressive 3x and 5x leveraged ETF portfolio on…
A €20 Second-Hand Chess Set, One Broken Piece, and a 3D Printer
I picked up a vintage chess set second-hand for €20. It is genuinely good quality: a wooden board covered in…
Rejected by AdSense Again? What I Did Instead of Waiting
There is a particular kind of stuck that anyone running a small site will recognise. You apply to Google AdSense.…
How Much My 3D Printing Side Hustle Actually Makes: EUR 180 So Far
Every few weeks someone asks me whether a 3D printer can pay for itself. The honest answer, from someone actually…