The Gig Economy here in California is both vital to stay at home parents, and detrimental to those same parents' long term financial future.
Today I Will Be Virtual Assisting for a B-Coastal Real Estate Agent
Cash will go in my account by the end of the day and I work 100% around my schedule.
I also get to stay home while working, which means I can sit by my toddler as I type emails.
The downside to Gig Work
Is the same as the upside. You basically get cash at the end of the day.
Do you automatically put some away for taxes?
What about your health insurance?
Retirement?
If you are only gigging, you are missing out on some benefits.
Which is why I choose to Hive on days that I gig.
That means I either write a post, log on and make a bunch of comments, play a game of splinterlands, rising star, or something else.
Whatever small action I take can grow over the next 29 years, and added together to all my small actions, I will solve problem #3 of the gig economy.
How will I retire?
One small action, is like putting a little amount of cash in a retirement account.