Dona S Jayamanne

31/10/2026

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When most people hear "side hustle", they think of a little bit of extra pocket money.

For me, it started as my backup plan.

In 2023, we moved to Australia. I sold my business in Sri Lanka and started a corporate job. Then I lost my job. I lost my title, my income, and found myself going from one casual job to another.

That's when I decided I would never depend on just one paycheck again.

In 2024, I started my side hustle, in the small pockets of time I had after work and after the kids went to bed.

In my 12th month, I had my first $10,200 month. That's more than my 9-to-5 ever paid me in a single month. Something I couldn't match even if I kept going to work 40 hours a week for years.

In 2025, it grew into consistent 4–5 figure months, and I went on to build 5 more income streams in this space.

And late last year, I did something I never thought I'd be able to do. I cut my 9-to-5 down to 4 days a week. Wednesdays are mine now. No rushing, no guilt, just more time with my boys.

I still go to my 9-to-5, but now it's my choice, not my only option.

So here's what I've learnt: a side hustle can be anything you need it to be.

👉 Sometimes it's a backup plan, so you're not stuck if something happens with your job
👉 Sometimes it's extra income for the things one salary can't cover
👉 Sometimes it gives you your time back when you're struggling with time
👉 And sometimes it grows bigger than your 9-to-5

Mine started as my Plan B. Now it's becoming my Plan A.

If you're an immigrant mum or a working mum who doesn't want to depend on one paycheck forever, this is your sign to start looking at your options.

Comment START or send me a message, and I'll answer all your questions honestly.

26/10/2026

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For everybody who's new here: my name is Dona, and I teach everyday working women to set up a profitable online business they can run alongside their jobs, so they can get their time back and earn that extra income.

Now you know what affiliate marketing is. But let me tell you what I actually do, because it's not the usual way.

I'm not creating anything from scratch.
I'm not trying to figure out a niche.
I'm not searching for companies or applying for links.

I started with a done-for-you business model. The company is already there. My link is already made for me. All I do is market it on social media, and even for that, the training is provided.

It's not the regular, complicated version you see online. It's simple. And that is exactly why busy mums with full-time jobs, like me, are able to do this and still earn high profits.

I spent 15 years running my own businesses before I moved to Australia. I know how much work it takes to build something from zero. That's why I chose a model that was already built, so I could run it around my job and my family.

Busy, tired, and don't know where to start?

Comment START below and I'll reach out and answer all your questions. 💛

14/10/2026

10/10/2026

I wanted another income. But I was scared to put money into something online that I didn’t fully understand.

When we migrated to Australia three years ago, I spent almost the whole first year looking at different ways to make an extra income.

I tried quite a few side hustles. And if you saw my previous post, you would have seen some of the things I tried.

None of them were scams.

They were real ways of making money. They just weren’t the right fit for me, my strengths, my family, or the life I wanted to build.

But I kept looking.

Because think about how we find the right job.

How many CVs have we sent out? How many jobs have we applied for before finding one that actually suited us?

You don’t stop after the first application and decide there are no good jobs out there.

You keep looking until you find the right one.

I think side hustles and online businesses are very similar.

You have to research. You have to ask questions. You have to understand what you’re getting into.

But here’s the problem.

Most of us don’t have the time to spend a whole year researching everything like I did.

When I first came to Australia, I was still finding my feet and I didn’t have the right job yet. So I spent a lot of that first year researching, trying different things and learning what worked for me and what didn’t.

Today, nearly two years into the online business I’m building, I have a much clearer understanding of this space.

And that’s something I now want to make easier for other people.

I’m not here to tell you that every side hustle is right for you.

And I’m definitely not here to tell you to put money into something you don’t understand.

I’m saying the opposite.

Understand it first.

Ask questions.

Look at your own strengths, your weaknesses, your time, your family and what you actually want.

If you’ve been curious about the online space but don’t know where to start, I’m happy to have an honest conversation with you.

I’ll share what I’ve tried, what’s actually working for me now, and after our initial conversation, I can send you resources so you can look through the information yourself.

Then we can look at you — your strengths, your situation and what you’re trying to achieve — and see whether this is something worth taking further.

No blind jumping in. No pretending everything online is right for everyone.

Just information, an honest conversation, and the chance to understand it properly before you decide.

07/10/2026

I'm Dona. I teach 9-5 women to set up a profitable high-ticket affiliate marketing business alongside their job.

Nobody gave me the short, honest version of these when I started. So here it is saving you a years work ! My journey of all the side hustles I’ve tried or deeply researched !

1. Affiliate marketing on Instagram: you share a company's link and get paid when someone buys. You need to post most days.

2. Amazon affiliate links: same idea, through Amazon. Easy to join, but each sale pays very little.

3. Pinterest affiliate pins: you post pins with your links, no face needed. It takes months before people find you.

4. Etsy printables: planners and wall art people download. It's crowded, so prices keep going down.

5. Digital products: an ebook or template you make once and sell again. You build the product and the audience yourself.

6. Amazon KDP colouring books: you design the book, Amazon prints it. You earn only a little per book.

7. Print on demand: your designs on mugs and shirts, printed when ordered. Lots of design work for a thin margin.

8. Dropshipping: an online store where the supplier ships. You deal with the customers and the refunds.

9. Virtual assistant work: admin for other businesses, paid by the hour. It's really a second job.

None of them are scams. I just want you to know what each one really asks of you.

The one I stayed with is high-ticket affiliate marketing. I'll keep explaining how it works on this page, openly, one post at a time.

Ask me anything in the comments. And don't just take my word for it.

Check everything.

Want the details? Comment START.

I'll reach out for a personal 1:1 call first, then send you the info guide.

20/09/2026

Here are 7 options worth researching:

1️⃣ Freelancing
Use skills you already have — admin, design, writing, bookkeeping, social media or other professional skills — and work with clients online.

✨ Can be done remotely
✨ Use skills you already have
✨ Choose projects around your available time

2️⃣ Virtual Assistant Work
Support businesses remotely with admin, emails, scheduling, customer service or social media.

✨ Remote
✨ Flexible
✨ Many skills can be learned as you go

3️⃣ Online Tutoring
Teach a subject, language or professional skill you already know.

✨ Work from home
✨ Flexible hours
✨ Use your existing knowledge

4️⃣ Remote Customer Support
Work with businesses supporting their customers online.

✨ Remote roles available
✨ Different working arrangements
✨ Uses communication and customer-service skills

Now, #5 and #6 are different.

They’re not another job you’re applying for.

They’re skills and a business model you can learn and build.

5️⃣Digital Marketing 👀
Learn how businesses use content, social media and other digital channels to reach people, attract customers and generate sales.

6️⃣Affiliate Marketing 🔥
Promote products or services from established companies and earn commissions when sales are generated through your promotions.

These are the two I personally chose to learn.

When I moved countries and went back into a 9–5, I wasn’t looking for another job to do after work.

And after running my own businesses for almost two decades, I didn’t want to start another traditional business from scratch either.

I wanted something I could learn and build alongside my career and family, with a much smaller setup than starting another traditional business.

That’s what led me to digital marketing and affiliate marketing.

I started as a complete beginner, learned the skills with training and mentorship, and built from there.

If you’re also wondering what this actually looks like, what you would need to learn, how the business works and whether it could fit around your current life, I’ll happily take you through it.

1️⃣ Follow my page first.
2️⃣ Comment “START” and I’ll send you the details for my FREE clarity call, where I’ll walk you through the whole model and answer your questions.

No pressure to start anything — come and understand it first.

18/09/2026

If you’re an ambitious woman, you’re not scared of hard work.

You’re just looking for more from life.

And if you’re reading this, maybe your journey is a little like mine.

I ran my own businesses for almost two decades. Then I moved countries and found myself back in a 9–5.

And I remember thinking…

Do I really want to spend another 10 or 20 years starting from scratch again, making a name for myself and climbing another corporate ladder?

At this stage of my life, I wasn’t looking to start life all over again.

I wanted more time.
More choices.
And additional income streams alongside what I was already doing.

I was willing to work — I just didn’t want another traditional business with everything that comes with building one from scratch.

So I started looking at what other options existed.

That’s what eventually led me to affiliate marketing.

The concept was actually simple.

Instead of creating my own products or services from scratch, I could promote products and services from established companies and earn commissions from sales generated through my promotions.

I had training. I had mentorship. And compared with setting up another traditional business, the investment structure was much smaller.

That’s where my journey started.

So if you’re at that stage of life where you’re still ambitious and willing to work, but you’re wondering, “Surely there are other options out there for women like me?”

Start learning what those options are.

If you’d like to understand more about what I do, send me a private DM and let’s have a chat. Then you can explore it for yourself. ❤️

16/09/2026

“හැමදේම ටිකක් settle වුණාම මම පටන් ගන්නවා…”

අපි මේක කී පාරක් අපිටම කියලා තියෙනවද?

PR එක ආවම පටන් ගන්නවා.

Studies ඉවර වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

හොඳ stable job එකක් හම්බුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

ළමයි ටිකක් ලොකු වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

දැන් වැඩ වැඩියි… job එක ටිකක් settle වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

Home loan එක අරගෙන ඒ වැඩ ටික ඉවර වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

දැන් සල්ලි ටිකක් tight… ටිකක් save කරගත්තම පටන් ගන්නවා.

දැන් මට වෙලාවක්ම නෑ… life එක ටිකක් calm වුණාම පටන් ගන්නවා.

හැබැයි මම ඔයාගෙන් එක දෙයක් අහන්නම්.

Life එක සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම calm වෙන දවසක් ඇත්තටම එනවද?

අපි Australia එද්දි හැමදේම guaranteed කියලා දැනගෙනද ආවේ?

PR එක guaranteed ද?
Job එක guaranteed ද?
Rules වෙනස් වෙන්නේ නැහැ කියලා guarantee එකක් තිබුණද?

නෑ.

ඒත් අපි chance එකක් ගත්තා.

ඒ අතරේ අපි ජීවිතේ නතර කළේ නෑ.

PR එනකම් අපි ළමයින්ගේ birthdays celebrate නොකර හිටියේ නෑ.

Life එක settle වෙනකම් family එකත් එක්ක එළියට නොගිහින් හිටියේ නෑ.

හැම problem එකක්ම solve වෙනකම් අපි ජීවත් වෙන එක postpone කළේ නෑ.

Life එකත් එක්කම අපි ජීවත් වුණා.

එහෙනම් අපේ future එක වෙනුවෙන් දෙයක් build කරන එක විතරක් ඇයි “පස්සේ” කියලා දාන්නේ?

මම second income stream එකක් build කරන්න පටන් ගත්තේ මට සතියට extra පැය 40ක් තිබුණ නිසා නෙවෙයි.

මටත් job එකක් තිබුණා.
ළමයි හිටියා.
Family responsibilities තිබුණා.
Life එක busy.

ඒ නිසාම මට ඕන වුණේ මගේ තියෙන life එකත් එක්ක build කරන්න පුළුවන් flexible දෙයක්.

සතියකට පැය 5–6ක් වුණත් consistently දෙන්න පුළුවන් දෙයක්.

මොකද මම එක දෙයක් තේරුම් ගත්තා.

මගේ life එක වෙනස් වෙනකම් මම බලාගෙන හිටියොත්, මගේ life එක වෙනස් කරන්න මම කිසිම දෙයක් කරන්නේ නෑ.

Sometimes අපිට comfortable place එකෙන් ටිකක් එළියට එන්න වෙනවා.

අලුත් දෙයක් කරන්න.
අලුත් දෙයක් ඉගෙන ගන්න.
අපි වෙනුවෙන් දෙයක් build කරන්න.

Perfect time එකක් එන්නේ නැති වෙන්න පුළුවන්.

Life එක calm වෙනකම් බලාගෙන ඉන්න එපා.

Life එක යන අතරේම පටන් ගන්න.

ඔයාත් “ටිකක් settle වුණාම…” කියලා තාමත් ඔයාටම කියනවද?

Comment කරන්න “ME” ❤️

15/09/2026

If you’re perfectly happy in your 9-to-5, and you’re happy with the amount of time you have with your children, keep scrolling. This is probably not for you.

But if you’re a working mum who knows deep down that you’re made for more… keep reading.

Maybe you don’t want to leave your job tomorrow. Neither did I.

Maybe you simply want to start building something alongside your 9-to-5 — something you can grow over time, until one day it gives you the choice to slowly reduce those working hours and take back more of your time.

That’s exactly how I started.

I was a complete beginner.

I cringed at the thought of putting myself on social media. 😅
I worried about what people who knew me would think.
I had no idea whether I would even be good at this.

And anyone who has been following me from the beginning has literally watched me learn and grow in public.

I don’t like constantly talking about how much I’ve made, because that’s never been the whole reason I started.

But this little business I once felt so nervous about has now generated thousands and thousands of dollars, and I’ve grown from a complete beginner into a Certified Digital Business Coach.

And I’m still building.

So if you’ve been watching me for weeks… or maybe even months… wondering whether you could do something like this too, maybe this is your sign to stop only watching.

If you’re a working mum who wants to start creating something of your own alongside your career, reach out and take the next step.

You don’t have to leave your job.
You don’t have to have it all figured out.
You just have to be willing to start.

DM me “START” and I’ll show you the same first step I took. No pressure. You can look at the information and decide for yourself if it fits you. ❤️