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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
i can't do it, i'll do like 3-4 hours tops and start burning out. Why not just try smaller shifts more frequently. You're usually dealing with the same traffic anyway the few hours you're on. I feel like once the spenders have all finished, they're done. So maybe a morning shift and night shift if your schedule allows it.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
I was the same way and then a few friends started camming from my house and im pretty competitive n a good way tho.... it pumps me up!
So now i do 10 hours a day 8 hrs minimum if it gets too late cause i dont like to cam after 1 am
But i do 5 hours break for an hour and a half for dinner than another break! I do it 5 days a week than i might work on a sat or sunday for like 5 hours if im feeling up for it!
once u make urself it becomes easier.... Good luck :)
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
I can do it. You can, too!!! Have you tried breaking up your hours??? <3
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
For me it really depends on the vibe of my room. My room is usually bustling with 10-25 people, sometimes as much as 80! However there are times when my SM traffic is bad and I have like 4 people in my room, I find those are the times it is hard for me to sell. If my room is dead like that all night and I am only getting a private every 30 minutes...then I feel really blah. There have been times where it has been so slow and at the end of the day I look at my account and say "gosh I can't believe I made that much, it really felt more like a $50 day not $150 like I see here". Other times where $150 was made at the beginning with no issue I feel like I am raking in the money.
I try to work 8 hours a day. Usually I break it up, I really need a break from some of these losers. But its always the hope that one of my regulars will pop in to see me.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
I can't even work a regular, vanilla job for 8 hours a day. I'm just lazy, I guess.
Just think about the money. I know you make a good hourly rate. Give yourself a reward if you work 8 hours a day ... like a pair of shoes or clothes. I love shopping, so I know this would inspire me, lol.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
I also found that it helps if I'm not looking at my earnings every 5 minutes. And I put a sticky note over the time on my computer. If I don't look at either, it helps a longer shift go by faster for me.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
Fridays, everyday I have the intention on working 8 hrs and it ends up being more like 3 or 4 hours, 6hrs at the most! It does help though to break up the day like loveshooks mentioned. I find it's better if I know I'm only on for 2-3 hrs, it flies by. Plus I can get on a few hours in the day and a few at night to catch guys that get on in the day, and those nightowls. I just need to work on my laziness, boy I tell you this camming has made me lazier than ever but to be honest I love it! What other job can I sleep in till noon, work when and if I want and if I'm working just log off whenever I'm ready? Oh yea and you gotta love the ban button! Can't get that @ a vanilla 9-5
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
I get super burnt out after 3 hours and then I will take a break and promise myself I will go back online, but then I never do. :(
I have started using a stopwatch for my breaks to try and keep me on task.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
Not me. The longest I have made it is 3 hours before the guys start getting to me or my attention span flunks out. I have a limited camming schedule as it is due to a variety of circumstances, so that kind of limits me as well. Sometimes I just don't have the motivation/inspiration/determination to sit and listen to men say "twirl for me bb"
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Originally Posted by
Incantatious
Awesome guys come on at all different times and we need to catch 'em! (Gotta catch 'em ALL!! ....Yeah! Look upon camming as Pokemon!... SEXY MONEY POKEMON!)
haaa! Gotta catch em all! ;)
I think that's going in my sig!
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laurielegs
haaa! Gotta catch em all! ;)
I think that's going in my sig!
Hahaha!! *happy tears* Thank you! ^_^ I'm honoured to grace your sig!
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
Who says you have to work an 8-hour day? If staying put for that long overwhelms and demotivates you, try thinking of it a different way. What I do is set a daily goal for myself. I log on and stay on until I reach it. Then I don't feel like, "Oh, I have to be here 5 more hours!" If I make my goal before then, I can log off; however, I am usually so pumped after I make my goal that I stay on longer.
Also, definitely take frequent breaks: eat, nap, watch tv, read, listen to music, go for a walk, etc. You don't have to stay put for 8 hours. Break it up through out the day when you can just as the girls have suggested. Good luck! :)
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Psh. I will freely admit I can't do it for 8 hours. My BODY gives out after 6 (even including half hour breaks every few hours). Who can be pummeling her twat for 8 hours a day? Not me.
So what I won't be banking. Fuck it. Better making a little less than having my vagina fall out.
Of course, then I could have it replaced with a toothless anaconda and do those novelty gigantic toy shows. Boyfriends would say, "Yeah squeezed my junk so hard I thought my eyeballs were going to come out! It was like a boa constrictor or something!" and I'd have to say, "no bb, anaconda!"
HAH! You think pool balls and wine bottles are impressive? I'd have a fucking jar of Jiffy peanut butter in there. THe big one. Like from Costco.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
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ashiepants
I regularly do 8 hours. Sometimes I even do 12. I just do it. No secrets to it, I just log on, do my hours and log off. Then again, I actually have fun on cam so most nites I'm excited to log on....that also helps lol
Hey, Ash! :) You do 8 hours straight on MFC, or other sites combined? I know you do awesome on MFC, and congrats on your high cam score! You deserve it!
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
I would love to work an 8 hour day but lately I've had every obstacle in the world. The last month has been internet hell for me. I've got techs working on it like crazy and I'm still having problems. I agree with the previous posters... break it up into 2, 4 hour shifts. It will seem much less draining. You can do it!
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IsobelWren
Who can be pummeling her twat for 8 hours a day? Not me.
WORD!
If I ever get to the point where I'm sore (or straight up just don't feel like fucking myself anymore), I know that the options are to A) log off/take a break or B) stay on cam but let guys know right away (guys in free chat inquiring about private) that you're taking a break from toy shows. It's very possible that you'll get private show requests that don't involve any toy play. During the time of the month, it's like a dream come true when you get guys who just want foot fetish/tit play/regular sit-down chat. Hell, I had a guy once ask for nothing but karate kicks on cam. Strange, but yeah, I'll do it! :P
It seems like most of the guys on SM who go premium/exclusive want toy shows. That's been my experience, at least. So if I ever feel like taking a break from toy shows, I'd probably just log off and log onto a different site(s), or attempt to get public chat GOLD for tit flashes.
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I'm so glad I'm not alone, Isobel & Fox! When I started reading this thread, the first thing I thought was, "There's just no way my vagina could put up with camming 40 hours a week." Poor vagina.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
I could NOT work 8 hours straight...like Isobel said, my ladybits just wouldn't be able to hold up to it if I was doing well!
I have found (through trial and error) that I work best in 2-4 hour chunks. If I'm nice and busy and getting back to back privates, I will tough it out for up to 6 hours, but after that, I'm just exhausted! Dehydrated (no matter how much water I drink) my eyes are going cross-eyed, my cheeks hurt from smiling, my throat hurts from talking and throating toys, my makeup is probably worn halfway off and I feel seriously unattractive...I'm done. If it isn't that busy, I find that after about 3-4 hours, my mojo is gone. I start going all robotic, and my eyes (and brain) glaze over and I am no longer engaged in what I am doing. That is not the way that I make money!!
Admittedly, I work part-time (ish, 30 hours or so as of next month), and I have my other work and my art to do as well, which is really important to me, and takes up about 3-4 hours of my day., so I am not even trying to work 40 hours a week online...but still.
If you really want to up your hours, I would suggest breaking them up into manageable chunks. Get up early, cam for three hours, go to the gym. Come home, have lunch, cam another few hours, then take a break, have dinner, read a book, whatever. Then cam again for the last couple hours of the night. It'll keep your energy levels up and stop you going bat shit crazy! LOL Or mix it up with camming and filming content - make money other ways when you need a break or on a slow day.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
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Originally Posted by
IsobelWren
Psh. I will freely admit I can't do it for 8 hours. My BODY gives out after 6 (even including half hour breaks every few hours). Who can be pummeling her twat for 8 hours a day? Not me.
So what I won't be banking. Fuck it. Better making a little less than having my vagina fall out.
Of course, then I could have it replaced with a toothless anaconda and do those novelty gigantic toy shows. Boyfriends would say, "Yeah squeezed my junk so hard I thought my eyeballs were going to come out! It was like a boa constrictor or something!" and I'd have to say, "no bb, anaconda!"
HAH! You think pool balls and wine bottles are impressive? I'd have a fucking jar of Jiffy peanut butter in there. THe big one. Like from Costco.
I DIED. ahahahahahaha. No money for me on cam today, I'm dead.
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I looked up this thread 'cause I'm having serious trouble getting back in the groove. I know I had $1000+ weeks regularly before (I have the records) but I do know it was some disciplined work. At $50/hr that's 20 hours. And I didn't work every day so some of those days were 6 hours (I'd pull them out at the beginning of the week, too). And then before the end of pay period sometimes I'd be so thrilled about how well I was doing that I'd log back on with a sore pussy just to pump up my check that extra little bit. I worked in 2 hour chunks and took breaks to eat, stretch my legs and see the sun.
dude since I've been back I don't think I've managed to work 2 hours straight yet!
Last week was my first week back and I made $380. This week (checks) I've made $250. I have two days to payout. UGH UGH UGH. I would have told you I really worked! But that means I probably only worked 5 hours this week. Make that 6 because I had a $13 hour. OK, so I took off and did other work a couple days, but this is NOT STREAMATE'S FAULT and that is not a phrase I utter lightly.
It just feels like forever, and then guys come in my room and say "Are you still here bb?!" "u dont work 4 hrs here do u, that would be gnarly" "wow u back again bb?" and I feel like maybe this really IS crazy and then I log off and it's been like 62 minutes.
ARGH
Gonna try to knock out 4 hours today and report back on what ails us. Trying the timer/post-it on the clock trick.
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I can do 10+ hours a day on the non free cam sites. I do about 2-3 hours a day on free cam sites I wish I had the energy to do 8 hours a day free cam but it really drains me :( I need to get motivated to do it! Some days I do have a lot of fun on free cam but other days I REALLY don't want to do it and I know I will look crabby which equals no money so I just don't log in on those sites that day lol
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You know something else about that Calico? I know that you and I did cam, then modeled then came back to cam. The money in cam for me has dropped by like, half, since I started doing it. Some of my old best earner sites closed and then MFC got popular and the economy went down. I used to make 200 in an hour when I first started. Now I consider it a good hour if I've done over 100.
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I used to do 8 hours a day when my youngest child went to day care and the oldest was in school. My youngest now goes to pre-k which is only 3 hours a day in the morning so I use those 3 hours to makes lots of content and editing and stuff and I cam from 8:30pm to 10:30pm at night and then I am done. I can't do anymore than that being that I need atleast 7 hours of sleep and I wake up at 6am to get my kiddos ready for school. I wouldn't want to cam anymore than 2-3 hours at a time anyways.
It's weird but I used to make as much camming 8 hours a day that I do now camming 2 hours a day. Geez if I cammed 8 hours a day I would be one rich bitch.
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
This is what I need to do also! Come on Fridays we can do this!! Let's promise that tomorrow we'll do 8 hours. Doesn't have to be all at once. Do it in lots of a few hours. Then we'll take each day as it comes :)
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Re: I just can not work 8 hours/day!!! :(( Whyyyy! :((
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MissKatie
This is what I need to do also! Come on Fridays we can do this!! Let's promise that tomorrow we'll do 8 hours. Doesn't have to be all at once. Do it in lots of a few hours. Then we'll take each day as it comes :)
deal!:)