<p>Side hustles play a large role in enhancing individuals' skills, abilities, and knowledge. Consequently, they have received considerable attention in recent literature. This research investigated the relationship between perceived benefits of side hustles, future time perspective, and creative problem-solving among students in Saudi Arabia. It further explored how these perceptions encourage entrepreneurial curiosity. In this research, a sample of respondents was selected from multiple universities in Saudi Arabia. The collected data were analyzed via partial least squares-structural equation modeling. The results confirmed that perceived benefits of side hustles have a positive relationship with future time perspective, entrepreneurial curiosity, and creative problem solving. Furthermore, the findings demonstrated that future time perspective and creative problem-solving are positively related to entrepreneurial curiosity. All the proposed hypotheses were supported. Both future time perspective and creative problem solving were found to have a partial mediation on the assumed relationships. This research offers new insight as well as implications for the relevant theories and literature. It also provides recommendations for the policymakers and stakeholders in the context of the study.</p>