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Jun 23, 2026
Episode 3: 33 Ways to Make Money Online
Episode 3: 33 Ways to Make Money Online
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I asked AI to interview me and rank every online income stream that exists. The result was the most beautiful spreadsheet I have ever seen. Welcome to Building to Rich.
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I'm Celia, and I'm testing whether a real person with a real job can actually get rich online, and I'm documenting the whole unhinged process along the way.
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This is episode three, thirty-three ways to make money outside your job and the only framework that actually matters. So I'm gonna be honest with you.
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I went down an Amazon FBA rabbit hole, got hit by approximately forty-seven thousand different ads, and decided to just evaluate every online income stream that exists. So I did, with AI, and here's what happened.
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So a little backstory. I saw an ad of someone claiming they made ten million dollars with a, quote-unquote, online convenience store, and the secret was mine for just thirty dollars. I, I almost bought it. Instead,
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I was a stubborn bitch, and I did not wanna pay those thirty dollars and figured I could figure it out myself.
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So four hours later with Claude, I found my four starting Amazon FBA products to test, but more to come on that later. Then after that, I got another ad, and another one, and another one.
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Digital products, then online courses, then UGC. And I got overwhelmed that every single one of these people is claiming their thing is the thing.
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But which ones are real, and more importantly, which ones are actually right for me? So I asked Claude to look at all of them, every online income stream that exists. And then I asked Claude to interview me.
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Interview me hard, so I could optimize which streams made the most sense for my life. I figured if I don't wanna join them, i.e., I don't wanna pay thirty dollars for every guru's guide, I might as well beat 'em.
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What came back was the most beautiful spreadsheet I've ever seen, thirty-three income streams, and I was like, "Okay, maybe we're onto something here."
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But since it was kind of a black box, I'll let the I- AI explain itself.
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Yes, I actually forced Claude to write this next part for you, and since Claude refused to read this out to me in his own voice, and yes, I am assuming it's a male because I'm sexist apparently, I'm just gonna have my boyfriend do it for you.
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So be gentle, and here he goes. A few things to clarify about what actually happened here. First, a note on where the thirty-three streams came from.
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I pulled from academic research, fire community forums, e-commerce seller data, business acquisition databases, and creator economy reports. The threshold for inclusion was Celia's instruction.
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Documented evidence of non-famous gender-- people, gender, generating thirty thousand plus annual-- annually through a replicable path. The thirty-three that remained have receipts.
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A ranked list by income potential would have been the default output. The instruction that changed everything was hers. "Interview me first." Here is a framework that followed. Capital reality, not total assets.
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The number where loss would cause genuine distress, not theoretical regret. These are almost never the same number. Time honesty, the real weekly schedule, not the aspirational one.
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Hours generally-- genuinely available when they occur, and energy quality during those windows. Feedback loop speed. Motivation is not consistent across personality types.
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For some people, slow feedback models fail, not because of skill, but because of how their brain processes reward. Five-year durability.
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One test, was the income stream legitimate in twenty twenty, and will it be in twenty thirty-one? Streams that fail are trend bets. They may pay out. They are not wealth-building vehicles. Wiring compatibility.
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The most underweighted filter in most evaluations. Skills are learnable. Wiring is not. The question was never, can this person execute it? But will they still want to in a year or two when it's harder and less novel?
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Hey, it's me again, in case you couldn't tell. Give a round of applause to Brandon for reading that beautifully. He played the part of Claude perfectly.
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So that's what we built, me and Claude, a framework that actually accounts for how humans work. Thirty-three inc- income streams, five filters, seven categories, and a shortlist I was genuinely surprised by.
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And I made the whole thing into a free guide just for you, my beautiful, beautiful listener. Every stream, every filter, you can access the link in the show notes below.
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Next issue, I'm gonna tell you exactly which ones made the cut and why.
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