This question is particularly appropriate for me, these are the ways I earned money on my own part time in college and also used the money to travel to many places. I hope this is helpful.

Everyone has a poem and a faraway place in their heart, and in life, in addition to our daily work and study, we all aspire to travel.

Before the university, we put the focus on learning only for ten years to study hard to go to the heart of the desired school. But in college life, there is no huge pressure before the college entrance exams, there is also some free time, with more and more travelers on the network to share, many people on the backpacking such a way to stupid.

I was born into an ordinary family, and my parents rarely traveled out in order to invest money in my studies. If you're not a rich kid or a government official, you don't have the chance to go out and travel? Not really.

I love life, in the university vacation time, backpack walking in the motherland, with a camera to record my travel story. Then travel more often, people around me will gradually ask me: so envious of you walking around, you travel money from where ah?

1, find a part-time job to earn money

College students have a variety of choices for part-time work, the use of spare time can do something within their reach. For example, my classmates science is better, college part-time tutor, a semester down the pocket money earned a few thousand dollars, for the average family student has been a lot of money, you can meet some of their own small wishes.

Based on my own specialties and interests, I chose to work as an English tutor & a part-time piano teacher. I've studied piano since I was a child and passed the grade exam, as well as my English is pretty good since I was a child, so I engaged in this kind of part-time job.

Part-time work is not only a way to earn some money while traveling, but also a way to get in touch with society before it's too late.

Many college students are faced with the prospect of finding a job only after graduation, and they have no prior social experience or internships, which can be detrimental to a job. The part-time jobs in college also made me realize that it's not easy to earn money, and I realized the warmth and warmth of the society, which made me more clear about the direction I want to work in the future.

2, photography to earn money

Photography is the second semester of my freshman year began to learn on their own, is not a class, through the university during the continuous efforts and practice, and gradually in a travel online has a certain fan. Later in the school gradually people come to me about taking pictures, I will also charge a little fee, although not much, but also be able to save up for the next trip to prepare. I also take note of the things I see and hear while traveling, and write them down and submit them to magazines along with my photos.

And now, through my own efforts, I have signed up as a photographer with different organizations and companies. The first low-end starter camera was bought by a family member, and all the equipment upgrades since then have been obtained through my own efforts to earn money.

The fact that I started learning photography as a hobby has helped me a lot in my later life. The idea of learning a skill is not to rely on it to make money and learn, master the skills, money will naturally come, and hobbies are the best teachers. The original | The knowledge that you have learned will definitely help you a lot someday.

3, DIY postcards to earn money

I put my own out of the trip to the photo layout editing, made into a postcard sold on campus. Control the cost, make a good budget, and then go to execute after that. Not only was I selling them myself, I also got some student agents to sell them for me. I don't need to press the goods, if you need a few copies, you can take a few copies with me to sell, and if you can't sell them all, you can bring them back to me. I give a base price, they can set their own price to sell, sold out of the commission are theirs. I also joined forces with a literary cafe in the city to sell them in the store, and the same way of selling them. As the price was not expensive, there was no competition on campus at that time, and earned a little bit of travel expenses, though not much, but also a sense of accomplishment.

Some people would say how come you know everything? I'm just interested in photography, design, and painting, and I've studied some of them before, so I'm just synthesizing my skills into something I can earn money with.

4, set up stalls to earn money

Who said that the stalls on the shame, college students rely on their own ability to earn money there is nothing to be ashamed of. Since the school regulations on campus can not set up stalls, I use the winter vacation, summer vacation time, the day at home to study, the night in my hometown to set up stalls. The daytime is used to improve myself to learn other knowledge, while in the evening after dinner to the center of the city lively place to set up stalls, buy girls like all kinds of trinkets, socks and so on.

The channel to buy goods is online, earning the difference in price in the middle. Although there are counterparts stalls, but my source of goods is good, to ensure the quality of the premise and cheap, repeat customers will come to find me to buy, but also will introduce new friends to me here to buy things.

I'm an introvert, I don't dare to shout, but I will treat every customer seriously. Not only did I make some money over the summer, but I also became friends with some of my customers and slowly opened up my personality.

Later on, I also helped merchants do some promotional activities during major festivals, and I was able to earn a small income.

5, open Taobao store to earn money

Tried to open Taobao store in high school, when the use of mom's Taobao account. University time is more sufficient, opened a small Taobao store, selling some of their favorite things. Although I don't make much money, it's very rewarding to be able to do what I love and do it well.

While running a Taobao store, I also learned a lot about Taobao operation. The marketing and psychology courses I took in college classes also helped me run Taobao. This helped me a lot when I was looking for a job later on. When I graduated and was looking for a job, many interviewers felt that I was an entrepreneurial person who was willing to challenge myself and work hard, and gave me an offer.

And now, when I became a freelancer, my previous Taobao operation experience has also allowed me to reopen new Taobao stores and build a new brand to sell things.

6. Scholarships, contests to earn money

Every school has scholarships, which provide certain rewards for students with good academic performance. There are also a variety of competitions, such as writing, piano, photography and so on, these competitions are part of the set of prizes, as long as you can get the prize will have a small amount of money into the account. It's not a lot of money, but if you save up all the money from each of the above earning programs, you'll gradually have the money to travel.

If you're in a school or city that has a lot of entrepreneurial competitions, you can go and learn about them and talk to a lot of great people. Stay in the ivory tower will not grow, to believe that the sooner you get in touch with the society, no matter in the future I find a job or start a business, it is very helpful.

Of course, if you learn some knowledge of investment and finance in college, you can try to buy some fixed investment, funds and other products, stocks are not recommended to buy, risky. Since I'm not a financial expert, out of respect for the professionals' point of view, I will not share too much knowledge about financial management here, you can go to see the dry goods of other financial experts.

So if you don't rely on your parents to rely on your own, there are many possibilities to earn money to go out for a trip. 18 years old, we are all adults, and earning money on your own is a matter of pride. There is no such thing as being ashamed of yourself if you are a stallholder, and there is no such thing as a part-time job that delays your studies, the only thing you can do is to keep working hard and keep growing.

No time, no money are excuses, you do not act, no one can help you.

Action is the antidote to all laziness and excuses.

Now I work, financial independence from the family to ask for money, and around many of my peers are still doing a gnawing family, not only do not earn money but also monthly need to provide money to the family every month. I'm not afraid of having no money, but I'm afraid of not having the heart to earn money, and thinking of relying on my parents.

Whether you are a student or a worker, together we can do a good job to be an economically independent and energetic person. Because financial independence is the first step to a relatively free life.

Pictures from the Internet, text by Dani Xu original