As a salaried professional, I've always lamented the fact that until I create enough value to get a salary increase, I am stuck making the same amount of money day after day, year after year.  I dream of being free from all of that.  One day during the great year of Covid-19 I realized that I had the ability to make money on the side.  I started a publishing business, solely to publish my own works of fiction.  I created a slowly building revenue stream through Facebook pages advertising books for authors, but I still wasn't satisfied.  Then out of the blue I decided to try working as a gig worker doing food deliveries.  And I liked it.  I liked the freedom of it.  I liked the weekly payments.  I dreamed of putting enough side hustles together so I wouldn't have to do my day job anymore.  I like the freedom.  So in addition to paying off debt.  I'm also investing in stocks that pay reliable dividends with the dream of getting my stock portfolio together to pay me a base salary while I do all the fun jobs on the side.