About

Hey there, I’m Heather and welcome to my site PQB. Here’s a little background on how and why I started this social media and graphics design agency.

I started creating websites and graphics in my spare time. I did it to learn new skills and for my own enjoyment. When I designed a website for my nephews pre school, I started getting requests from other local businesses to create their sites.

Pretty soon, I was earning a nice side income and began wondering if it was possible to leave my corporate job. Like me you may have a passion you developed into a tiny income stream. Here are a few questions to ask to determine if you should turn your side hustle into a career…

Are You a Self-Starter?

Some people are internally motivated and driven. They do things even if no one (like a boss) is checking up on them. These people generally don’t need external motivations to reward themselves. They are what’s known as “self-starters”.

Of course, there’s a second group of people who are externally motivated. They need to know others are watching or paying attention in order to get things done. If you know your boss is never going to ask about that project, do you still get it done? Or would it languish at the back of your hard drive never to be seen again?

Self-starters make the best entrepreneurs. That’s because in your own business, no one is standing over your shoulder to make sure the task gets done. You must motivate yourself or your business won’t last very long. I knew this from the start and I’m totally a self-starter.

Do You Want to Give Up Your Hobby?

When you do an activity as a side-hustle, there’s a certain amount of freedom. You can walk away from a project that no longer interests you. You can be choosy about which clients you work with or what offers you make to customers.

But once you move from hobby status, the game changes. Now you might stick with a project even if you don’t enjoy it because there’s a paycheck at the end of it. You might take on clients that aren’t in your target market to keep the lights on.

It’s not that turning a side hustle into a full-time gig is a bad thing. Just understand that once you make this move, you no longer have a hobby. You have a business and that means you will have to make decisions as a business owner, not a hobbyist. I took the big leap to turn my creative hobbies into my business and that is how PQB began.

Im so glad to be of service to you and thanks for stopping by to check out my site. Be sure to read our handy tips over on the blog.

xo Heather