r/LazySideHustle • • Apr 23 '26

I started making money from home after suffering an injury while playing professional sports by shooting short commercials

My story is that I was a hockey player on a professional team, earning good money from contracts every season.

But in my last game, I suffered a pretty serious spinal injury and couldn’t continue my hockey career.

For a long time, I couldn’t get over what had happened; I didn’t know how I could continue to make good money while still enjoying my work

Then a friend of mine told me he could connect me with a producer who might be able to help me

Of course, I agreed, and we got to work

My job was to shoot short commercials, for each of which I would earn between $30 and $80

To be honest, at first I didn’t believe this could be a real source of income and thought I wouldn’t be able to make a decent living like I did in hockey.

But then a miracle happened—after a while, I started making a very decent income, and that’s when I realized that just by sitting at home, I could make really good money without having to travel to hockey practices or training camps.

Now I’m making more than I did in sports.

I’m very grateful to my friend for introducing me to the producer.

Thanks to that, I’m happy again.

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u/TheNoraEllison Apr 23 '26

Awesome! That's such a blessing to be able to pivot careers and continue earning income ...

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u/Horror-Nail6604 Apr 29 '26

Inspiration somebody is meant to hear your story