View Full Version : 2013 $10,000 club
msincredible01
01-03-2013, 08:06 PM
Awesome post msincredible
Thank you!!
janesays22
01-04-2013, 06:19 PM
Yep, im in. shootin for 18000 by June (ultimatly saving for a house) workin 3-4 nights a week. Ive got 2000 to start with. Ive been useing a system for 2 months now where I write the month at the top & then fill in each night I worked followed by what I made & which club it was at. I add up my weekly total each week & see how it holds up against my quota (1200/week) at the end of the month I divide my total income by # of days worked and get my nightly average. Its all kinda fun in a nerdy way to shuffle all these papers with numbers, and contrasting them with eachother can show you how much you missed out on by not working those extra 4 days a month etc. I think im gonna get a savings account and/or deposit box. Getting to see an overview of your earning & savings hels a lot to stay motivated.
larkinlove
01-04-2013, 07:10 PM
Here's a savings trick I love: whenever I want a beauty treatment, I find a coupon for it on Lifebooker, Groupon, Livingsocial, or Bloomspot. The deals are always great - especially on lifebooker. Usually there's a 50-90% savings. So I buy the coupon for the beauty treatment and then pay my savings account the difference between the actual price of the treatment and the discount price. For example, if I want a Brazilian blowout, I find a coupon for one for $100. The original price of the treatment was $300, so that $200 difference goes into savings. It's a pretty painless way to save some cash.
Nina_
01-07-2013, 09:33 PM
yeah :D i'm @ $0 right now and am shooting for the 10k by SUMMER so i can pay down a good chunk of my student loan and go on a SWEET vacation.
HA, I'm in the same boat - I just paid rent and spent a shit ton on two new plasma TV's, have zero saved, and wanted my 10K within 6 months into 2013.
I will still pull it off though ;)
BlkSharpie
01-07-2013, 10:52 PM
Im doing the 52 Week savings plan, except by tens instead of ones....so if I stick to it, by the end of the year should save up $10,950.
So....so far, I have $10 saved up. *YaY*! LoL :D
Nina_
01-08-2013, 12:56 PM
Yeah I spent like 10K in the last month...
Cheyennedaisy
01-08-2013, 07:51 PM
i'm in. if you equal it out there are about 52 weeks in a year so you would need to put away $200 a week to make $10,000 a year
Misskatia
01-19-2013, 08:56 PM
I would just deposit as much as I could as fast as I could so that I couldn't spend it! I got into a cycle of not spending and just working and managed to save save save
I managed to save 13K like this in 6 months. Then again, I had regular income coming in from a full time job I was working while dancing 2-3 LOOOOOng nights a week. Shame that there is only a portion of that left in my savings 3 years later : P
For the last 15 months, of the income I've generated from my vanilla job I've made an honest attempt to save 10% of every deposit I make. Sometimes I can only put away 5%, but that's still something. Yes, I have had to take out additional funds to cover things here and there, but it's better than nothing, which is what I have saved from most of my working years.
To make things easier, as we all have expenses to pay- dancing full time or part time or whatever, if you put away 10% every time and then add additional savings from unexpected windfalls or really good nights, you'll live more comfortably while you're saving, and confidently building up that bank account- which will make it alot easier to keep doing it.
BlkSharpie
01-19-2013, 10:30 PM
I have $30 saved so far :D But Im doing the 52 week savings thing, so by the end of the year I should have a bit over $10k saved....on track so far! Tomorrow is week 3, which means another $30 goes into my little tin ;D
miamimonroe
01-20-2013, 09:39 AM
yay its only been 2 weeks into the new year and im at 1600 saved ;D;D;D;D
janesays22
01-21-2013, 06:47 PM
Well, im writing this to keep motivated. I missed a week of work due to personal issues & am trying to make up for it. working 6 more shifts this month should allow me to hit my monthly quota (especially some of these being doubles during busy time). I cant stress how helpful it is to mark your nightly earnings..its a relief to see an overview & start detecting patterns. I can see that my home club has really nose dived, many nights hardly making my low average . I really like being able to do the math (such as how much I need to compensate for that week off, & being able to determine that as a realistic figure, whereas if I hadnt & worked like a dog & came up short id have been frustrated) the most obvious pattern ive seen is the begining of the month is much higher than tge rest..like by almost double! Gonna start hitting more shifts early in the month & deposit what ive got.
How are yall doin?
Joanna_Kaary
01-21-2013, 10:03 PM
This month I had to put 200 dollars into my car and buy textbooks plus it is the slow season around here so I am not on track at the moment but I am going to put 100 in tomorrow... better than nothing.
Melonie
01-22-2013, 03:44 AM
Again I sort of hate to post this, since I really didn't have to do anything to earn it other than make a wise investment choice.
At any rate, immediately after last November's election, I bought a bunch of USO shares ... which is an ETF that rises and falls with the price of Crude Oil. Since the first of the year, the price of USO and Crude Oil have been soaring ... and today put me over the $10k income mark !
http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=USO&t=3m&q=l&l=on&z=l&a=v&p=s&lang=en-US®ion=US
Again, the moral of the story is for dancers to earn all that they can WHEN they can, save the money they have earned, invest that money well etc.
Nina_
03-11-2013, 11:17 PM
Melonie, that's awesome. I need to start investing but I don't know where to start!
Nina_
03-11-2013, 11:19 PM
I refinanced my 10K because I didn't save up ANYTHING in January lol, so I have to save 2K every month so that I can reach 10K by June. Well, I saved up my 2K for February and I'm on par to saving up my 2K for March!
sammii
03-12-2013, 06:38 AM
My goal is to save 5k by May. So far, I've saved $2,500. I didn't start saving until February and it's only the beginning of March, so I'm definitely on track. I'd like to save an extra $500 this month, and 2K in April, which should be pretty easy for me as long as I'm budgeting.
charlotte_ai
03-12-2013, 02:01 PM
Tipped over 10K with a great shift on Sunday night... Celebrating my money making roll by working 5 days this week, lol.
charlie61
03-13-2013, 07:58 PM
^Haha, I thought you were saying that someone tipped you over 10k. You should've seen my guffaw - followed by some pretty intense scowling (in disbelief).
Anyway, congrats on meeting and exceeding your goal! :)
whirlerz
03-13-2013, 09:19 PM
Charlie, I KNOW you could whack it out of the park!:)
atgny
03-14-2013, 03:25 PM
I love reading this thread, it keeps me super motivated. Still losong weight and its going well so far. Keep up the posts! In few months I should have earning to post!!!
simone87
03-14-2013, 03:38 PM
im in, even though i started a month late :( saving 250 a week! slacked off last week, but im goin to make up for it tomorrow and put double the amount in! got 1000 in savings so far..tax returns are going right in there as well, all of em.
Misskatia
03-14-2013, 07:46 PM
Looks like I'm wayyy behind, but better late than never lol
I just went back to dancing 2 weeks ago. I worked a pretty dead mid shift at a super dead club, worked 1 more shift last Friday for 5 hours, made $350. I had to buy some diapers and fill up the gas in the car a couple of times, but I've managed to save $330...and not touch the stash!
I'm working Friday at the same club, and then working a couple of dayshifts at a nicer club in the city on the weekend and I'll start to work consistently 3 days a week. For this time in the season it's pretty slow everywhere around here from what I understand, though its starting to get busier and with me working more shifts, I'll be catching up with you ladies real soon:)
janesays22
03-14-2013, 11:46 PM
Well..i took a month off before finding a new club. Just had my first night this week & the $ wasnt bad, i think im at around 4gs saved. Going grocery shopping & cooking at home has saved A LOT. Its also kinda more fun when we do go out to eat since its a novelty now. Gonna try to get in the club before 8pm to keep house fees from getting outrageous. Gonna start building credit & get on my taxes.
queenofsheba
03-16-2013, 10:37 AM
Hi guys, I'm in! I'm an oldie around here but haven't been on in a very long time. I quit dancing full time about a year ago and I'm starting back tonight! I'm nervous and full of anxiety but excited also. I've always been horrible about saving, I'm exactly as an above poster, I save a lot, then think "oh I don't need to work, I have money" Then I get lazy and blow it all. So I thought this might motivate me to actually save!!
whirlerz
03-16-2013, 12:06 PM
One reason I try to save is, things are so up & down, then summer gets slow..Idk about 10k I am kinda a semi-newb but would like to be in this
Yoko_Fr
04-23-2013, 06:15 PM
I have $14,300 saved . i would have more if i hadn't gotten my boobs done. But then again i live at home and don't pay rent so that helps. I generally save 80% of want i make . Most of my money goes to food and i treat myself to makeup, clothes and such once in a while. rubber banding my money helps me not touch it
Next month will be my 1 year of dancing
simone87
04-23-2013, 06:25 PM
3,620 saved so far!! took a lot not to touch it this week , but im not touching it for anything..ten thousand here i come
Nina_
04-25-2013, 01:59 PM
I have roughly $7000. I wanted to have my 10K by the end of June but I'm buying a car next month so it might get delayed. I really busted my ass in school this semester so I wasn't working as much as I'd planned.
jadey23
04-29-2013, 01:24 AM
this thread is soo encouraging. i've reached $20k in 6 months. living @ home contributes greatly, but that won't be for long as i now have enough to move out! weeEE
janesays22
05-01-2013, 05:56 AM
Aright...im at about $5000. (But really once a debt i loaned is paid back-$7000) im really kind of annoyed with myself...marking everything down is helpful & frustrating...ive only been dancing 4 or 5 days a month! Ahh! Gotta pick uo the pace! Weve only got about a month or 2 for the season to still be decent...so i gota get ON IT!
whirlerz
05-19-2013, 12:06 AM
Let's bumpie..:)
Purrfect
05-19-2013, 10:29 AM
ca 15 000 €/19476USD saved so far.. goal is to buy a cheap apartment this year as my very first rental property. :) slowly but surely getting there. :)
Mad Max
06-10-2013, 01:18 AM
Started May 5th with $1500 saved and am happy to announce I have just hit the $10k savings club!!
Brandi_Lynn
06-11-2013, 10:34 AM
Just started at the end of May
I've got $800 cash socked away in alittle drawer at the moment & alil over $1,300 in the checking & planning to open a separate savings as well.
So far my goals that I've accomplished is getting back in the industry again after a hiatus & doing it sober. Finally, starting to do my taxes & all done for the first time. Now for the goals I still wanna accomplish -I wanna save up for liposuction, I wanna get a motorcycle, & I wanna be able to move to another city within the next year or two & still have enough in the dif bank accounts without being depleted. :)
ToeOfTheCamel
06-19-2013, 03:48 PM
I'm in late, but I noticed I haven't been saving very well lately :( My accounts have just stayed kind of stagnant, not increasing after bill-pay....It has been slow, in my own defense, and school forced me out of some shifts! I wanna to try to save my 10k by the end of October, though! The goal is $450/week into my savings! Thankfully, the summer here tends to be awesome, so I have my fingers crossed! *luck*
charlie61
06-19-2013, 09:01 PM
So far my goals that I've accomplished is getting back in the industry again after a hiatus & doing it sober.
Congratulations on this accomplishment - for fucking real. The number of times I think "Gee, this job would be a helluva lot easier if I'd drink a bit..." or "Fuck...I'd work so many more shifts if I had a drink before work..." is crazy. And that's coming from someone who's never drank at work and generally hates the taste of alcohol! It's crazy how tempting it is.
Anyway...just wanted to send my respect your way! :hug:
Brandi_Lynn
06-20-2013, 03:55 PM
^^
Awwww, thanx so much doll! Yeah, I developed a huge nasty drinking/party problem when I was dancing full time. Ultimately, it got me fired & ruined my life. Then I got a normal job that I now balance w/ dancing & working both jobs sober. Picking up more shifts when I can & making more consistently. I'm really amazed & proud of the complete 180 that I've made for myself in only 8 months. I also just paid my quarterly taxes & am now on a w2 normal job that way I can hole away more dance money. I've got big plans now! Yay! :D
brina182
06-21-2013, 03:55 PM
^ Thats awesome,Ive been a sober stripper for a year now and Its so much better.Im at a little over a thousand goal 30,000 by june 2014 I want to move get a rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty.
Brandi_Lynn
06-22-2013, 04:59 AM
^ Thats awesome,Ive been a sober stripper for a year now and Its so much better.Im at a little over a thousand goal 30,000 by june 2014 I want to move get a rhinoplasty and blepharoplasty.
Nice! & congrats to you two as well! :)
BellaK
06-29-2013, 06:37 PM
Im IN ! My acct isnt zero, but I am sure it will be as I am relocating soon. I also need motivation anyway to cam almost DAILY, because I am sure I wont find a part time vanilla right away. Be nice if I could NOT find one at all and live entirely off camming + hustling. So, I will need to build my savings back up!
simone87
06-29-2013, 07:16 PM
been saving since feb..almost 5 grand now.which was my goal for the middle of the year! YESS. its gotten very hard though, i either need to pick up more days or start working at a different club :/
Myathemaid
07-06-2013, 10:10 AM
Hiii. I'm totally new starting very soon. This thread is very motivational. It's great to see so many determined women with goals! Keep it up ladies. Is it too late for me to join? My goal is to have $10k saved by Dec2013. I just graduated college & have loooans to clear out! After seeing the progress you all have had, it's gotta be feasible for me.
whirlerz
07-06-2013, 10:17 AM
OK. I know I posted in here somewhere, but..I am definitely IN!