There is a monthly event in my town called The Paris Flea Market. It is generally held the first weekend of the month from Thursday evening through Sunday. I have been probably half a dozen times in the five years we have lived here and the selection and prices are always good.
It is held in a ware house and is staffed by the vendors who each work one shift per weekend. Recently they started adding booths in the parking lot on Sunday.
And if you ask me the set up is brilliant – for both the vendors and the shoppers. I sometimes think it would be fun to have a booth in an antique shop but I know that it would be a full time job to keep it stocked.
But I think it would be doable to collect enough items or refurbish a couple of pieces of furniture for a weekend event. Rick is forever finding great furniture pieces on Craiglist for cheap that would be easy to paint or refinish and then resell for a profit.
I've thought of starting up an Etsy shop to sell lovely vintage things and actually have one set up (without anything to purchase).
I took all these picture with my cellphone so apologies for the hurried snaps. I always feel so weird taking pictures in public.
I read an interesting article about not having all your income come from one source. Of course most people earn their money that way. You get a job, you work it and collect your paycheck. All your eggs in one basket. The article said to consider what would happen if that one source dried up. You should have alternate sources of income. Like a side hustle. :)
When I was a teenager I always had multiple jobs. During my senior year in high school I had three.
I do believe if you are going to do something outside of your full time job it should be something fun.
It's something to think about.
