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I need a motivational kick in the ass
Here's my issue.
Right now I'm making literally just enough for us to get by. Everything is paid every month but with barely anything left to save or do anything. I keep a spreadsheet that I've made with my hours on it and income per day so I have a really accurate picture of how much time I'm spending online and what I'm making.
My problem is this - I have a goal to work 4 hours per day 5 days per week, so 20 hours per week. I have yet to reach that goal. I don't think I've ever cammed 20 hours in one week and certainly not since I started keeping accurate time records.
What ends up happening is that I check my earnings and right now I'm making my earnings goal in about 2-2.5 hours. So I say "oh okay that's enough, I'm getting offline". Even on nights I'm on a roll I'm like okay I'm done. I tell myself I'm just exhausted or I'm going to study or etc. etc. when seriously if I'm being honest with myself I met my money goal and so I just get lazy. Even though my daily money goal is just enough to get by! I don't know why I do that! And I always get so mad at myself for it too.
So I think if I tell ya'll how fucking lazy I'm being with this ya'll can kick my ass into line! :D It's actually really embarrassing to admit how little I'm camming when I see some of you on here pulling 6,7,8 hour days!!!
How do you guys make sure you are staying online as long as you "plan" to??? Maybe I should just not check my earnings until I log off after 4 hours and then I'll be surprised at what I make instead of checking all along the way and then cutting the night short?
What are some of your hours per week goals? Anyone want to commit with me and we can check up on each other to keep one another in line? I'd like to save for Christmas but at this rate... it's not happening.
Thanks ladies!
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Some of us chat together daily during work. You are welcome to join us if you'd like. We really keep each other motivated during shifts. PM me and we can exchange Yahoo IDs.
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If you're just signing off after you make your goals, then set higher goals! I don't even know what the bare minimum is I need to get by, I just have my wicked awesome monthly $ goal and I average out what I need daily to get it.
The biggest thing is to NOT quit when you're having a great night. You need to really press it into yourself that the rest of the nights could be shit, and ride out the money rain as long as you can.
So, in summary- Set your bar higher, and never quit when you're ahead!
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Originally Posted by
SarahTime
Here's my issue.
Right now I'm making literally just enough for us to get by. Everything is paid every month but with barely anything left to save or do anything. I keep a spreadsheet that I've made with my hours on it and income per day so I have a really accurate picture of how much time I'm spending online and what I'm making.
My problem is this - I have a goal to work 4 hours per day 5 days per week, so 20 hours per week. I have yet to reach that goal. I don't think I've ever cammed 20 hours in one week and certainly not since I started keeping accurate time records.
What ends up happening is that I check my earnings and right now I'm making my earnings goal in about 2-2.5 hours. So I say "oh okay that's enough, I'm getting offline". Even on nights I'm on a roll I'm like okay I'm done. I tell myself I'm just exhausted or I'm going to study or etc. etc. when seriously if I'm being honest with myself I met my money goal and so I just get lazy. Even though my daily money goal is just enough to get by! I don't know why I do that! And I always get so mad at myself for it too.
So I think if I tell ya'll how fucking lazy I'm being with this ya'll can kick my ass into line! :D It's actually really embarrassing to admit how little I'm camming when I see some of you on here pulling 6,7,8 hour days!!!
How do you guys make sure you are staying online as long as you "plan" to??? Maybe I should just not check my earnings until I log off after 4 hours and then I'll be surprised at what I make instead of checking all along the way and then cutting the night short?
What are some of your hours per week goals? Anyone want to commit with me and we can check up on each other to keep one another in line? I'd like to save for Christmas but at this rate... it's not happening.
Thanks ladies!
You're not the only one hun, and it's fucking ridiculous because i always get back to back privates when i do get on cam. There is so much potential there and i just chuck it down the drain cause i can't be arsed. Thing is, every time i do get on cam the time actually flies, and i can do 4 - 5 hours straight without thinking about it. When i come off i'm like shit WHY don't i do this more often, IT rocks!!! *Sigh* I just set myself a massive goal to reach over the next 3 months in order to save up for rent in advance on a new house, so i HAVE to get on cam. Gues what? It's Tuesday and I still haven't gotten on cam though lol. Tonight, definitely tonight!
Good luck hun. We can do it xx
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I'm bad about making just enough. Mostly because I'm pretty socially awkward so I just do enough to get by ugh. I actually like to keep basics and even guests to just keep me company, as long as they aren't asking for free samples. This ain't Proctor and Gamble. Also, sometimes I just leave cam on while I'm baking, or playing Super Mario World, or whatever else I do. A lot of guys really dig seeing girls just being themselves. It's pretty sweet when I get paid to wash my laundry.
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i second the raising of the earning bar.
it helps if you find a necklace or something you really like in the store [like, cheap one] and say to yourself "when i cam for over 5 hours / make over $x amount, i will come back and buy this as a reward". works really well for me.
i can see how you would procrastinate if your work is home based. just think at least you dont work in a strip club so instead of a 40min / 2hr travel time youd have to take to go to work, u can use that to cam overtime since all you need to do afterwards is walk to the next room and fall asleep...
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Another vote for setting higher goals. If your goal is, for example, a $100, and you've noticed you're making it in a couple of hours consistently...double the goal! (whatever the amount is)
- Definitely don't log out when you're banking. One day you're banking, but you log off...next day you might be fighting to scrape up half your goal. I have literally made $400 in 5 hours one day and chumps change the next day. I say bank when you're on a roll, so with reaching your goals daily, that will be extra money.
- Try to have fun while working, if at all possible. When I'm having a good night with good customers and the money is rolling in...it's so much easier to work 4 instead of two hours. It helps me if I put myself in good mood before work...maybe watch a sitcom you like, eat some small treat, do your hair the way you think makes you especially good and makes you feel like the sexiest thing ever...stuff like that.
- Company helps when you're camming. I've been to yahoo conferences a few times (not often enough!), and it's great knowing there's other women out there doing the exact same thing, working their ass off. When you hear someone is online for 4-5 hours already and doing great, your motivation to stay logged in will rise. I talk to Smurfette often when we both work at the same time, it's a life saviour. She was cheering for me when I had a bad streak and lived to see me have a better one. ;D
- Do some financial planning. Since I withdraw my money in cash every week and don't keep it in bank accounts, here's what I do... I bought a set of envelopes and marked them with "rent" "tuition" "life expenses" "debt" "health" "travel" "savings". Initially I did this to control and better plan my expenses, but after a while I realized seeing empty envelopes makes me want to fill them up! I set aside priorities money first: rent, tuition, life expenses...and then I get depressed because I want to go on a trip in a few months and my "travel" is still empty... Then I wanna work for it! I'm sure you can do this system with spread sheets or a simple notebook if you don't wanna keep large amounts of cash at home, but the focus remains the same... I simply find it more motivating when it's hard, cold cash and I know I *want* it there. It helps me visualise my needs and wants, basically.
- I know this is hard, but don't check your earnings after every private. (yeah, I succumb to this one sometimes) Let yourself check once every hour or two, but not all the time. That way it'll be easier to avoid "Ahhh, $5 to my goal...oh, private! Goal, yay, logging out to make a sammich!"
- Try to think...why let earnings potential go to waste? Wouldn't it be nice to have say, at least 10k, 20k, saved up for when you decide to exit the industry? To cushion you if you need a new car, live on if you can't cam for whatever reason, start up a new job, or simply save to spend on Mai Tais and hot boys brining them to you when you're 60? :D
Motivation and persistance are the hardest part of this job for me. Keep your eyes on the prize and you can do it!
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Ok Sarah, im kicking you in the butt and telling you this:
There are no excuses.
Just do it.
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I'm exactly like this, too. And I think there's something else going on, at least for me. I have a lot of inhibitions in general and some of them get worse when it comes to camming. I feel awkward, like sillykitty. I'm not sure how to sit or how to act. I'm a pretty girl though and that gets me into some privates and I do okay when it's one on one. But the more people there are the more unsure of it I get. :\ The solution I want to find is to just build a damn schedule with reliable men that I could honor every other night or something with camming in between. And then I get daunted by the thought of that task and slink away from all motivation to go hide in my dark cave of depression for awhile. u.u
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I am EXACTLY the same - its terrible!! I'll go on, and then work a couple hours, make $50 or something, and think "oh it must just be a bad night, I'll log off". Or I'll think that I should be doing something like working on a drawing for a client, but then I'll not do any drawing once I am logged off!!! Its really tough sometimes being responsible to no -one but yourself...
So now I am trying super hard - either by rewarding myself, or just by trying to avoid excuses....and trying to set up a buddy-system on here...the same way I work out longer at the gym because I don;t want people to think that I am not working hard enough, I think that if people can see me working (or not) I'll be more likely to do it!!
Lusty....can I join in? : )
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Thank you all so much for the great suggestions!!!
I'm going to raise my nightly goal by $100, but I'm also going to try reeeeeally hard to NOT check my earnings after every private or gold show. This will be hard for me, but I'm going to try to resist the urge to check. That way I will be more likely to stay on for the entire 4 hours I have planned. That way I can be sure to stay on 4 hours, and my goal is higher so if I don't meet the goal I'll be sure to up my hustle or throw in another gold show or something.
I also really love the idea of keeping envelopes for certain things! I don't have a bank account right now so I use a pre-paid card but I'm really considering only putting some things on the card and keeping cash out for other savings type things. I looooove having cash in my hand so if I have it I don't want to spend it, it's so easy to just swipe, swipe, swipe that debit card!!!
I think the reason I log off too soon is because I hate staying up so late. I get out of class every night at 9:45pm so I'm usually not on cam until 10:30-11pm which means if I work 4 hours I'm getting offline at 2:30-3am and then I still need to wind down before I am able to fall asleep. Most nights I don't get to sleep until like 4am. Then I'm up pretty early for my kids, although hubby does help a lot so that I can sleep in.
Here it is 10:45pm and I'm just now eating dinner while I surf the forum! I'm getting online afterwards tho and I'm working those 4 hours damnit! And I just posted a sticky note on my computer that says SUCK IT UP! lol :)
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Also wanted to add that there is a new tattoo that I want and I'm not going to allow myself to get it until I work 20 hours in one week.
So basically.... never. HA ;) I want this tattoo pretty bad tho so I'll let ya'll know if I ever make it there!
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Well fml I had the worst night EVER on streamate last night!!! Seriously wtf?! I'm actually laughing about it because it had to be some major fluke. Serves me right! haha! That certainly has kicked me in the ass, I won't be getting offline during busy times again!
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That sucks!!! Sods law, I guess... yesterday was pretty slow for me on SM also, but I stayed on for nearly 5 hours, and thats good for me, so I feel proud of that at least!
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I had a very slow night yesterday too... But I had to "STUCK IT UP" so ended up staying on cam any way to put in my 5 hours, listening to classical music, laying on the couch and only showing my legs with my socks on, while making fun of "bb, you will never make money this way" guys... :) I actually had fun and still made my goal as I had a nice tip from a soon to be ex regular and couple long exclusives with a guys who found my bitchiness to be hot... along with some 1min pvts...
Sarah, I have the same exact issue and try to work pretty much the same schedule like you do. Send me a PM if you like, we could chat an don't let each other log out till 5 hours are in...
I try to work from 12am to 5 or 6 am Easter time...
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Originally Posted by
ManyRoses
Lusty....can I join in? : )
Sorry I just now seen this post, so it's good you PM'ed me already. I am so glad you joined us all! Long hours on cam today just seemed effortless because there were so many of us in chat! Time passes and the money rolls in. You all are so damn fun and motivating when cam room gets slow! :D
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I have some small goals financially that I have in my head, but I don't really work by a money goal. My time is so limited that I only have certain hours that I CAN work. I HAVE to work those hours or I don't work, so I have hours goals, I try to work 5 hours M-F. It's hard for me to sit for so long though so I started smaller, my next goal is 6 hours daily.
It doesn't matter to me if it's slow or busy, unless there is something else going on, if I'm scheduled, I'm working.
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Whenever I really need motivation to get on , I just keep making myself smile and repeating to myself "I cant wait to talk to my friends in free chat!" "Im in a good mood!" "Im so excited to get on (insert cam site here)!". I know how dumb that sounds lol, but it works for me, and I def have motivation issues! I dont let myself say or think anything negative and I just keep forcing a smile and telling myself that Im going to make tons of $ and have an amazing day
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Originally Posted by
SarahTime
Here's my issue.
Right now I'm making literally just enough for us to get by. Everything is paid every month but with barely anything left to save or do anything. I keep a spreadsheet that I've made with my hours on it and income per day so I have a really accurate picture of how much time I'm spending online and what I'm making.
My problem is this - I have a goal to work 4 hours per day 5 days per week, so 20 hours per week. I have yet to reach that goal. I don't think I've ever cammed 20 hours in one week and certainly not since I started keeping accurate time records.
What ends up happening is that I check my earnings and right now I'm making my earnings goal in about 2-2.5 hours. So I say "oh okay that's enough, I'm getting offline". Even on nights I'm on a roll I'm like okay I'm done. I tell myself I'm just exhausted or I'm going to study or etc. etc. when seriously if I'm being honest with myself I met my money goal and so I just get lazy. Even though my daily money goal is just enough to get by! I don't know why I do that! And I always get so mad at myself for it too.
So I think if I tell ya'll how fucking lazy I'm being with this ya'll can kick my ass into line! :D It's actually really embarrassing to admit how little I'm camming when I see some of you on here pulling 6,7,8 hour days!!!
How do you guys make sure you are staying online as long as you "plan" to??? Maybe I should just not check my earnings until I log off after 4 hours and then I'll be surprised at what I make instead of checking all along the way and then cutting the night short?
What are some of your hours per week goals? Anyone want to commit with me and we can check up on each other to keep one another in line? I'd like to save for Christmas but at this rate... it's not happening.
Thanks ladies!
Make a wishlist and add things to it. They can be practical or frivolous. Then, once you make enough for bills, look at the wish list and think of all the things you can buy if you work some more. Maybe reward yourself and buy 1 item per week or something off the list.
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Maybe it is better to make an "hours" goal not a money goal. Also, maybe you can buy yourself a present?
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Repeat after me:
Lazy camgirls don't make money!
How can you make money if you don't log in at all?
Don't feel like logging in? PLENTY of people don't feel like going to work, but they HAVE to.
Can you tell I'm in the same boat as you right now? I'm trying to get down to making real $$$ after making pocket change over the summer cause I only logged in like 6 times a month. I have a weekly goal and a post-it note on my screen that I update each session to see how close/far away I am from the weekly goal, and from the overall one. It helps a lot!
Good luck getting motivated! :)
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Thanks ladies! I stayed on for my full 4 hours last night and also raised my goal and made exactly .09 cents over my goal! woohoo! lol :)
I'm actually even thinking about logging on while the baby is napping to do a quick gold show or something!
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I have sat on cam for 3 hrs today ( still logged on). And thats not likely for me, I'm a total bitch. But yay Im doing good!
Im just surfing stripperweb, editing vids, and playing on twitter. it keeps me distracted ....lol
I love this thread!
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I stayed on 3 hrs 10/5 !
And stayed on 5hrs 10/6 !
Very frequent sessions.
Happy I must say.
Pushing for 6 hrs today.
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