Can You Make An Honest Living Mugging People?
And other unconventional ways people are bankrolling themselves.
I don’t know about you but I’m not a fan of boring businesses. I need to experience maximum creativity to turn into a buyer.
For example, I’d probably never call Rick’s Plumbing when I need my drain snaked, but I’d call Ben Dover Plumbing without even checking Google reviews, because…
Same goes for ANY one of these plumbers. If you can stir up some kind of emotion in me (preferably a knee-slapping, side-splitting one) just by doing your job, I’m your customer for life.
Let’s just say you’d like to give someone the gift of cleaning up their life body. Are you buying dollar store soap or are you buying Whiskey River soap for UN-boring people? Seems like a no-brainer to me.
How does this relate to mugging people, though?
Few things annoy me as much as online Instagram shops creating the most mundane products for sale. Like an American flag coffee mug with a quote that says, “Make America cowboy again!”
I mean, does that even resonate with actual cowboys?
Why not consider becoming an honest mugger? A legit mugger. An ENTERTAINING mugger that everyone wants to give their money to.
Pick up the non-traditional skill of coffee mugging in the wild and make some damn mugs worth buying!
Did you know….?
Pretty much all online shops selling gear with slogans on them are one-man operations with zero inventory piled up in their garage.
These are businesses you can start up with next to no money via Printful or Printify, and you can operate from ANYWHERE. All you need is a snappy business name and an unboring attitude. And, of course, some almighty tolerance for Instagram, which is the real reason I'm not actively mugging people.
But listen. If you’re already posting seventeen Instagram selfies a day looking for some sort of validation, try doing something more lucrative with it (because trust me, we already know what you look like).
TheHonestMugger.com domain is available at the time of this writing. It’s not boring. Go buy it and make mugs. You’re welcome!
I make my own stuff all the time because nobody is selling the mugs I want, the sweatpants I want, the wall art I want. You get the picture.
I easily created this mug design in Canva and then made and ordered my own mug through Printful. It’s not for sale, but it could be if I wanted to sell dog mugs!
Crazy ways people are making money.
During the pandemic, I did a lot of mindless web surfing. Let’s call it research and development. Quite frankly, I’m pleasantly amused at how some people are earning a living out there, even if it seems ridiculous.
Did you know you can take a course to learn how to become a pet influencer?? I know, I LOL’d a little too, but people are killing it in this industry, both on the course side of it AND the pet influencer side of it.
With all the time I spend bragging about my dog on the internet, you’d think I would learn this skill and crush it. But alas, she is a 90-pound barbarian compared to the well-behaved stuffed animals on Instagram.
My dog, Dezi.
I suppose my dog could teach those other dogs “how to dog.” She does have her own Instagram but…meh. It’s more fun watching her slurp fettuccine noodles and drink from mud puddles.
However…
Learning all the weird, fun, and unique ways people are earning crazy livings makes me think that any one of us could do something way out in left field and there would be a market for it.
Again….DOGfluencers??
I realize that many of you reading this are writers. But if you’re struggling with earning money writing, is there something else you know about that could attract some buyers?
Off the top of my head, I can think of several topics I could build an audience around today. The one that has given me the most enjoyment (besides my dog) was turning my favorite vacation destination into a lucrative empire.
Why can’t I teach other people how to do that?
I can. And I will. Stay tuned.
The reason I’m throwing this out there…
There are no limits to what you can do with the smallest things you’re good at or the most unconventional things you’re interested in.
If someone’s out there making six figures by teaching others how to breathe (a skill we’re all born with) or how to stargaze (something I do every night on my balcony for free)…
WHY CAN’T YOU???
I’m not joking. I've spent years lurking in Facebook groups looking at niche business owners, and stargazing is an actual activity people teach in exchange for GOOD money.
This artist has an extremely rare condition called synesthesia which causes her brain to see letters as colors. The result is incredibly unique, hand-painted mandala art where the colors represent words. You can submit any name or word to her, and she’ll create a custom piece of art. She even does curse words 😂
This is what FUCK looks like in her brain.
All this is to get you thinking outside of your box for a minute. If you’ve been wondering how you could impact others and get paid for your expertise or even just your hobby…think of stargazing.
And, of course, mugging innocent people.
You never know what someone is willing to pay for.
As I’ve made clear, I LOVE nutty and odd business ideas! Have you come across any in your web surfing that made you wonder what in the actual hell? Or, is it YOU who earns money in an unconventional way?
Tell us about it in the comments below!
