I Choose to Run a Part-Time Business

Discover how one designer turned passion into a thriving part-time business, balancing full-time work with creative side hustles on Etsy and beyond.

Author

Kirstie Wong
August 05, 2019

While I was in college, I found myself not paying attention in any of my Public Health classes and teaching myself Illustrator and Photoshop instead. You know those people in the back of classes that are clearly not listening to lectures and are doing something else? That was me. I found designing logos and flyers for student groups way more interesting than paying attention to my professor (and I definitely paid for it the week before exams). As I designed casual birthday cards for friends, my roommates convinced me to start an Etsy shop—and A Jar of Pickles was born.

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