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Suddenly, online ads were everywhere—in my face, calling my name, teasing: There was just one problem: In fact, the service-oriented side-hustle economy seems to be plowing full steam ahead given the growing number of white-collar workers like me who are stepping out of their comfort zones to do things like drive Lyft cars all the way to the bank.

Nick Loper, founding editor of Side Hustle Nation , a website devoted to the trend, pins it partly on social-media-driven pressure to achieve something novel—as well as the impulse to hatch an independent venture as a possible fallback in a time when the threat of layoffs still lingers.

Unsurprisingly, creativity just happens to be something these four enterprising—and totally inspiring—full-timers have in spades.

How I Did It: I Left My Corporate Job to Work for Myself. Dawne Herbert-Withers, 40, Los Angeles Her 9-to-5 Litigation engineer Her weekend job Birth doula.

The backstory Five days a week Herbert-Withers puts in long hours at a law firm as a litigation engineer, blending computer skills and armchair detective work to uncover the smoking gun in the cases that cross her desk.

But in her free time, Herbert-Withers wears an entirely different hat: Reaping the rewards Fortunately, Herbert-Withers says her boss at the law firm is supportive of her doula side gig, and it rarely conflicts with her day job, since most deliveries occur overnight when mothers are relaxed.

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She also schedules prenatal visits with expectant moms on weekends and weeknights. And she's close to paying off all her credit card debt, to boot. Once her boys are older, Herbert-Withers hopes to transition her side gig into a full-time pursuit.

The reason is simple: I Choose to Juggle Three Jobs—and Love It. Music is his biggest passion and creative outlet, so he parlayed his innate talent for mixing beats into a successful DJ act—as after-hours alter ego Kip Winters.

The night was such a hit that it's turned into a steady gig. But the money isn't padding their own pockets. She's now raking in more cash in her taxi-alternative gig than she earns through her 9-to-5 job, and she says it's possible to reap a weekly reward of about a grand. And her hard work is paying off: She's now raking in more cash in her taxi-alternative gig than she earns through her 9-to-5 job, and she says it's possible to reap a weekly reward of about a grand—money she's using to reach her financial goals.

A Guide to Your Pay in Your 20s, 30s and 40s. Joy Bradway, 34, Fair Lawn, N. Her 9-to-5 Software support engineer Her weekend job Diaper entrepreneur. When she found herself left with an overabundance of fun fabrics with superhero prints from her first batch, Bradway decided to use her scraps to create custom diapers to sell on Facebook and her Etsy store, Joyful Bee Boutique.

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Since launching in , Bradway has branched out into making knitted wool diaper covers, "wet bags" for dirty diapers and, most recently, dresses. She gets crafty on weeknights after her son goes to bed, and once in a while will devote weekend hours to making a slew of diapers.

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