I took a gap year from college and lived out of my car. I then launched a side hustle that has turned into a lucrative career.

The author took a gap year to live out of her car and start a side hustle. Courtesy of Kit Huffman I moved into my car during a gap year from college. While living in my car, a lucky break led to ghostwriting for a global CEO. Ghostwriting gave me a front-row seat to the business world — and led me to build my own business. In a previous life, I was a ratty, vagabond mountain girl. I never thought of myself as a writer, and I definitely didn't plan to build a career as a ghostwriter. I rare...