I eventually turned my side hustle into a full-time job blogging! On Making Sense of Cents, I talk a lot about different ways to make money on the side because I believe that earning extra income can completely change your life. You can stop living paycheck to paycheck, you can pay off your debt, reach your retirement earlier, and. Making extra income hw the best way to start paying off your debt, put more towards savings, and work towards financial independence. As you can tell, I am a big offf that learning new ways to make money can completely change your future for the better. The crazy thing is that before I learned how to make money through my blog, the idea never even crossed my mind! Actually, when I started my blog, I had makr idea that blogs could even make money. Now I wish I had gotten started even sooner.