Re: What does your burnout look like?
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BarbieNYC
trying to buy organic food on my bfs income. You feel crappy when you eat crappy food. There was a time when we were so poor because I wasn't working that we were surviving on eggs, bread, and peanut butter and jelly every day.
Oh my god, this! So much this! Being able to buy high quality food is literally one of the major things that made me fall in love with dancing. I went through a bad period of burnout this winter and not being able to buy things like salmon and fancy organic coffee was such a bummer.
GothBarbie I also wake up and have the insta-anxiety when I'm suffering from burnout. It really is the worst. For a while I was working dayshifts to cope, because waiting around all day for nightshift to start the anxiety would just build up until I talked myself out of working that night. Rushing all afternoon to be groomed and on time for the early shift was much easier mentally, it took my mind off of how stressed the club was making me.
Re: What does your burnout look like?
^ It IS !
Low goals are a great idea ( once in a while to get back in the groove ). Or for me ( since I hate being up late ) , a " treat night " at the club with starting early / low goal and giving myself permission to leave at 11 or Midnight and get to bed early.
Re: What does your burnout look like?
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ScarletKitten
^^After burning out at my club and witnessing my club's business earnings drop as the months went by, $400 is considered a high goal for me. And I danced at a $20 lapdance club.
Yeah I guess it's dependent on the club. $400 is reasonably attainable at my club on the shift I work... it's not really a pressure as far as whether or not I will make the money, it's more of a pressure as to how long I will be there for depending upon how busy it is/how many other girls are on; nobody likes staying at the club for a long time.
I think it's also a matter of keeping your head in check realistically with the day/shift you are on... On a Sunday when there's literally 3 girls, I can generally make $300 in a few hours with little stress since it's not a shark pit and I usually have a line of guys waiting for me. But vice versa, on a Friday it may very well take 6-7 hours to make $300+ because we have so many new girls now and it's ridiculously hard to find a free lap sometimes. I have to remember that, and not get frustrated when it takes longer to make the same. There's a line between making excuses, and legitimately having it not be you that's the issue, and you have to know when to not be hard on yourself.
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im recovering from a burnout. had bronchitis most of january & february i was just burnt out. march i worked my ass off. so much that im approaching a burn out im trying to avoid. how can i control it? if i can i mean. ive had several burnouts since november. i was a frequent visitor to this site & got so annoyed with stripping i stopped logging on lol. any tips on how to avoid the burn outs?theyre triggered by bad recurring money nights.. thats it thats all lol.
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^ I used to burn out a lot when I first started dancing because the money was so feast or famine. I started keeping a log of how much money and how many girls were on when I worked and looked for patterns. I could tailor my schedule so I'd be more likely to hit on good days. It also kind of made it more interesting to try a new day or shift because research. I could hit a goldmine or, if not, I knew what days I'd most likely bank, so it didn't seem so bad.
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the log idea sounds awesome. i work in vegas and at the clubs i work at its so hard to get a good idea on how many girls are there so you never know what youre competing with. patterns seems like the key as well. i dont need to work 7 days a week. so if i could get a log and pattern on when i would have the best odds i think i could avoid burnouts so much more. Thanks Kira ! im omw to work in an hour and this gave me a new insight. i appreciate it.
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It really does help. I used to log everything from customer demographics, outfit success rates, average dances per customer and had "new music Tuesday" where I'd change up my music and see if it changed my success. It definitely helped me work smarter.
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I'm starting to feel burnt out from dancing right now. I get paranoid at school and even at the grocery store that someone will recognize me and know that I am a dancer and instantly make a judgement. I don't want to care, I wish I could just not care what other people thought of me because I know that I am not doing anything wrong but the stigma is super hard to deal with. I went back to school this semester and had to work every weekend in order to pay my rent, bills, and tuition payments. It has been incredibly difficult for me, especially because the weekend drinking crowd seems to be filled with more dill holes than weekdays and I hated the stress of knowing that I had to come to work in order to pay all my bills and tuition. But I feel like I don't have enough time as it is with full-time pre med courses and the thought of getting a normal low paying job and working tons of hours seems like a terrible idea too. I made enough last weekend to pay my rent and such so I am planning on taking this weekend off for mental health reasons and to focus on school before finals. When school ends this semester I plan on getting a job at juice shop or health food store or something like that and only dancing to supplement for the summer because otherwise i am going to burn out hard.
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Originally Posted by
BarbieNYC
trying to buy organic food on my bfs income. You feel crappy when you eat crappy food.
Ugh I spend too much money on healthy food but I know it helps me feel my best. Eating healthy is a top priority for me but geez does it add up. this would be another reason why i would love working at a healthy cafe or something they usually give you free meals.
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ScarletKitten
^^After burning out at my club and witnessing my club's business earnings drop as the months went by, $400 is considered a high goal for me. And I danced at a $20 lapdance club.
If I were ever to return to dancing anytime soon, I would set a low $150 for myself. Anything made after that would be a bonus. I realize that this is no longer 1996 and this business is just not the same anymore. It's better for me to have low expectations and be pleasantly surprised to make $300-$400, instead of expecting to make that much every night. Hell, I'd be happy as shit to just make $150 and not have guys trying to finger-rape me or lick my nipples, etc. Come to think of it, it's putting up with that disgusting behavior from men that made me crash and burn really quick.
This. I would rather make 150 bucks and keep my dignity and sanity then put up with men who are trying to break the rules and acting so condescending. Last night was amateur night and i guarantee i will never work another amateur night because its not worth the money to put up with the kind of crowd that comes in that night. I felt so sad when i woke up today and it was a feeling that was really hard to shake. I don't ever want to feel like that again...
Re: What does your burnout look like?
Re: What does your burnout look like?