41-year-old’s side hustle brings in $125,500 a year, and costs $0 to start

This article is a part of CNBC Make It's Six-Figure Side Hustle series

in which successful side hustlers discuss the practices and routines that have helped

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An ordinary week for Becky Powell involves creating digital worksheets that her fellow instructors can buy.

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The 41-year-old Beaverton, Oregon, kindergarten teacher earned $125,500 for doing so last year,

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per records that CNBC Make It examined. She uploads her worksheet booklets,

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which are intended to assist in teaching reading to younger pupils,

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to her Teachers Pay Teachers online shop, which functions similarly to Etsy.

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There are now 427 offerings in Powell's shop, Sight Word Activities,

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ranging from free downloads to a $30 bundle of 20 books. She claims that in only a few weeks

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after starting the side job in 2015, she made enough money to cover her monthly auto insurance premium,

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Her and her husband's monthly student loan installments were paid for after three months thanks

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Her classroom was her research lab, and her knack for teaching children to sight-read helped

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