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like I said in the do you LOVE dancing thread, I like dancing, but I hate the money.
the money flat out SUCKS. granted, I have enough to pay my bills and still have some left over to put into savings, I KNOW I should be getting more.
Charlie61 started a thread like this a few weeks ago... you should do a search for it.
^ Lol, yez. I iz queen of negativity about stripping these days. Currently taking a vacation from stripping for that reason. I refuse to be angrybroke stripper.
Thank god I saved my money when the money was good. If I wanted to, I could afford to not lift a finger for the next few years and still live well. Thank you SW for encouraging me to save!!
^ I also started a thread about how to motivate yourself to go in to work. Maybe you don't need motivation, but I thought I'd mention it. :)
Also, I'm sorry that you're in this situation. The only thing worse than burn-out is dancing while you're burned out.
I hear ya girl. And once you're out of the club, it makes it a million times harder to return. My (so far) month of vacation has been like ::insert choir of angels singing joyously::. Going back is just not happening right now.
I'm going to try to revive my interest in stripping after I graduate in December by going on a strip trip. I think I'll also be looking for a different club locally, even if I have to drive over an hour to get there whenever I work. Even if I have to pay a lot more money in gas, I'll be making more than I am now (sitting on my ass at home). We'll see how that goes...
These days, I'm focusing on school, interning, and volunteering. The closest I get to stripping is stalking clubs on stripclublist.com (I love the club photos on their websites)...I enjoy pretending that "If only I worked in ____, I'd go to work every night!"
Lol, I feel totally crazy when I stalk other clubs. Like seriously, any club that gets mentioned on SW, I'm ON IT. I google it (StreetView--I'm so fascinated by how mundane SC's look on the outside), and then find their website to see if they have any photos. Prettysparkly! I'm such a freak. Good to know I'm not alone!!
Liar!!! Lol--you totally are not going to go back to the club once you're skinny again! Then it'll just be another excuse! (I tried using that one last week, and it didn't get my ass back into work!)
Please, find my thread and post this info and any other info you have!!
^ Go girl!!
It seems that the more I work out, the healthier I get, and the less I want to go to work--since it seems like such an unhealthy, depressing environment.
I'm pretty much furious with it ( right now ) . My weeks are not usually this shitty. I got lured up to WY early in the week with free house ( even with " no girls " .... there were also NO customers ... yuck ). Then I for some reason took off to a city where the girls dance in bikinis and I did not exactly bank there. I'm so done ( for the moment ).
I'm in a love hate relationship.....
No I don't hate dancing, in fact I love it. The money here at my club, is really good too. I've no complaints besides the toll it takes on my body (aches)
At bootcamps and in my newest online program DancerVictory we talk a lot about finding your REASON WHY. If you don't have a very strong reason why to dance that ties in with your personal mission statement....it can be REALLY HARD to love what you do. And why there is a discrepancy between what you love and what you do, resistance builds up in your life making life rather unpleasant.
I've taken a 4-5 month break. Let me tell you.. I really DON'T feel like going back but I know I have to eventually.
This weekend will be my 11 year anniversary of stripping.
Yep. I started Halloween 1999!!
I've never taken more than 3 weeks off...and I'm about to semi-retire this weekend.
Like Cher, I'll probably do several "reunion" appearances for big events (like Superbowl, Barrett Jackson, Phx Open, Spring training) but once you HATE dancing (like the name of this thread) you don't have a strong enough reason why...and it's time to get out.
I do really enjoy dancing although like everyone, sometimes I question it when I make less than I'm use to. I think because I generally like dancing, I tend to do well at the clubs (any clubs) because customers can pick up on the fact that I'm not just here to make ends meet or get my bills paid because honestly, I could take two years off and be in no way financially struggling. I work two/three weeks out of the month because I travel so it may be the reason I don't suffer burn out very often because of the constant change of scenery. Working makes me feel productive and the money I come home with makes me overjoyed (most days). The longest I have EVER taken off dancing was two weeks and I pretty much got depressed through the last few days, feeling unproductive, broke (even though I'm no where close), and just generally worthless and lazy. One of the reasons why I'm holding off B.A surgery is because I don't know how I could deal with the time taken off working.
People that love their jobs tend to be more successful. If you honestly hate your job then it's time to find something else. There is no reason to emotionally stress yourself out for (so little) pay.
I love it most of the time but bad nights and asshole customers make me get a mini burn out once in a while. My biggest motivator is definitely the thought of doing any other job lol.
by time i quit, i hated it.
it had its pros, and if i could regain some of the situation i had when i started, i'd go back in a heart beat (and no, it didnt have to do with money).
i had been burned out for a while, but there is a difference between hating it and just being burne dout. hard to describe, but, you know it when you feel it.
Yup.
I only hate the thought of dancing at my home club. I kept saying I'd go in this week, yet I haven't. I love most of the staff, and I love some of the girls, but a majority of the girls are pushing the envelope and making it frustrating to work there. I'm not going to bitch if I make 200: that's 200 I didn't have. But if I have to make that in such a negative, annoying, frustrating environment, it's not worth it. Problem is, you never know when it'll be a fun night or a frustrating one until you see the roster of girls.
Yes, I do now. I love burlesque though, but the clubs are not for me anymore. I like mixed clubs with all kinds of people, and we just don't have that in St. louis.
at my last club, conditions were bad but money was good
at current club, conditions are good but moneys bad.
cant win