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I earned $10,363.60 online last month, here’s how

I quit my job two months ago. Since then, I’ve tripled my salary.

Daniel Bourke
12 min readSep 14, 2019
Where I learn and create. If you’ve read or watched any of my work, it was probably done here. And local cafes. Photo by Sam Bourke, thank you Sam.

When I was studying at home, I went for a walk. Past the green house with the brick fence, I could show you the one. I stopped. Realised. Everything I do, everything I enjoy most has revolved around communication. A formative moment. Memories from the past came back.

The speech I gave when I was 12 about a smartwatch, the Wacko Watch. I copied it from another kid. Copied it head to tail. Then remixed it with my own ideas. His watch didn’t have personal air conditioning, mine did. I won an award for that speech. I was hooked. But didn’t know it. Didn’t know it until I was 24 walking the backstreets of my neighbourhood.

Every job I’ve had. Even the ones I thought I wanted. I felt like I didn’t belong. There was a poke in my side. A poke in my side telling me I had to find something. Something? Something else. I didn’t know what but I knew.

I always had side projects going. But never kept going long enough on any for them to bear fruit.

The idea of working full-time scared me. 9–5, 40-hours a week, you clock in, you clock out, what was that? I told my girlfriend. I’m never working full-time except if it was for myself. She said why not, you could be…

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