I would love to find some kind of small side gig, just to fund my hobbies........the problem is that most of the side gigs I've thought of so far would interfere with said hobbies

I actually enjoy doing yard work, and spent several springs/summers in highschool doing that for money.....but with a regular 8-5 job, the only time I'd have to do it would be afternoons/evenings and weekends. And if I spend all my afternoons/weekends cutting grass, I won't have time to hunt/fish. It's a catch-22.

If I thought I could do that full-time and make what I make now, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but it seems like everyone and his brother around here has a "lawncare business".....it's a saturated market