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Why I'm currently earning LESS than minimum wage camming, and STILL love my job...
I have fallen on some hard times in my life recently which mean that I spend a great deal of time depressed, anxious, worried, and bed-bound. There's a lot of pressure on me right now, and I am struggling to cope with the weight of what this means for me. I cannot cam long hours. I have bad quality internet. And I struggle keeping my act up. All of this, and I would rather keep this job than anything else.
Why? Because I work a job that still supports me. And it supports me for working a couple of hours every night I have it in me to work.
Any time I feel I can work (which is not that long and not that often), it rewards me hugely for what I do put it.
It doesn't shout at me when I don't get up at a certain time. It doesn't threaten me when I say I can't do Thursday, or Friday, or Saturday... It doesn't tell me anything is over-due. It doesn't make fun of me. If my clients make fun of me, I am still in control. I still have the biggest power of action.
Any other job, I would be fired by now. I could be mocked, made fun of, gossiped about, teased, or discriminated against for the way I am, for the things that hurt me, for having a life (like lives generally are) complicated by relationships, circumstances, difficulties, grievances, mistakes and problems.
When I put my back into it, and I work so hard, that effort keeps me sufficient and stable and comfortable, for months on end. Right now I feel like I am in the gutter where my life is concerned. I am finding things so hard. But all the same, I know that when I get away from where I am, this job will keep me safe.
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Preach it baby, it is the truth!
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I say amen sister!
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I fucking love all of you, and I fucking love all of your wonderful gifs!!!
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we all love you too shnookums!
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Amen to this. My anxiety is so bad sometimes it is hard to even lift my head up in the morning. Stay strong and keep it up.
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I am in right there with you. I haven't been able to work the last two days because of depression. I love my job, but most days I am not so fond of my current life situation.
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I know how you feel, girlie. I'm actually really glad you posted this. It helps me not take this job for granted.
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A BIG LOL to all the gifs! hahaha
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Im drunk so Im gona tell u the truth.
if u earn less then the minimum wage thats fucking BAD!
I dont care if u love it or hate it, less then mininum age is a disgrace.
Get over this stage and try to earn more, do whatever u gotta do, I dont care..
just make MORE.
understand?
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Fridays, I generally really like your posts, but that was mean ...
I'm naturally kind of a work-a-holic, and judging from your posts I assume your the same way ... but about a year ago I went through some really bad shit and I just gave up working. I didn't have the motivation to cam anymore. I'm not going to go into details, but I know what the OP is going through because I've been through it.
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Re: Why I'm currently earning LESS than minimum wage camming, and STILL love my job..
the truth is mean.........? whatever.
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Well, they say the truth comes out when you're drunk ... but yeah, it was a bit harsh.
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its actually the same thing I say when Im sober.
U HAVE to. MUST. earn alot............. otherwise its not worth it.
I m telling the OP she needs to earn more than the minimum wage and tell me Im mean?
LOL...
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I'm not disagreeing with you ... it was the way you said it, not what you said.
I don't want to turn this thread into something else. Sorry OP. We're here for you, girlie. <3
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Incantatious
I know that when I get away from where I am, this job will keep me safe.
this job wil not " keep u safe" if ur earning less than minimum wage..........
let me rephrase... "WHEN".,."WILL"... meaning.. in the future... no honey. there is no guarantee for the future......
step up your game and earn more now, no excuses.
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Incantalicious I'm glad that this job can give you a point of focus in hard times, and I hope that you can use it to take you where you want to go.
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Originally Posted by
Fridays
Im drunk so Im gona tell u the truth.
if u earn less then the minimum wage thats fucking BAD!
I dont care if u love it or hate it, less then mininum age is a disgrace.
Get over this stage and try to earn more, do whatever u gotta do, I dont care..
just make MORE.
understand?
Oh wow... Keyboard bashing whilst you're out of your mind on alcohol, at some camchick across the world whose life and troubles you have no idea about does not = super duper great posting!! Though yeah.... I can imagine you probably feel just awesome right now, being out of your mind and all. Cheers for that.
You don't care if I love it or hate it? Lol, you "care" enough to take tonight off work (or work in this state, whilst drunk, whilst keyboard-bashin' to me) to breathe your alcoholic bile all over me... And let me tell you, it fucking reeks.
So much self-authority: "understand?", "no excuses", "step up your game and earn more now" - Perhaps you should try to be your own boss, and go ahead and fog your mirror up all you like telling all of this to yourself, instead of trying to play The Big Power Tripping Boss to someone who you know had so much admiration for you, who you also know is going through such nasty shit right now that she cannot work as much.
You may be great at what you do and fuck, you could be a millionaire with a few luxurious penthouses for all I care, but if you take pride in those responses you handed me.. just... Okay, your heart may have been in the right place and you may have meant well (which, yes, I can kind of appreciate) but omg - Tact? Diplomacy? Understanding? - a million times no. I decide what is best for me, and how worth it it is to me. Not you. Not anyone.
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I freaking love Sheldon! And I agree im sure we all have the moments where we hate camming and getting on is like pulling teeth. Hell im going through it now, and if it wasnt for getting paid everyday I wouldnt get on. But it is a job where if you have a bad day you can log off and go to sleep or just get back on the next day. Or jsut say screw one site and try another! Just have to make sure that one bad day doesnt turn into too many days of not camming. I agree earning minimum wage definitely doesnt make this job worth it but iif its just a week or two because its slow and you cant deal with the assholes, thats ok. But if this is constant idk...