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how do we find the motivation get on when we been in a slow streak of camming
Just like the title says.
How do we do it?
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how long have you had ur slump ? ive been using dial in pso party hotlines to make my main income and its pretty much like the phone version of a free chat cam site. i just log in any way because i have bills to pay for but i take breaks if its slow. maybe we think differently but i mean rent and bills should be motivation enough yes?
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Motivation 1: Realize the time of the month it is. Lots of girls are hustling HARD in April because it's tax time!
Motivation 2: You need money to eat and sleep comfortably.
Motivation 3: Every slow streak will come to an end. It's just a matter of time.
Motivation 4: There are millions of people on this planet. Someone, somewhere, is going to pay you.
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minniesoporno
Just like the title says.
How do we do it?
Here's something for you
http://youtu.be/uWj43alu1zg
.... Music helps me
hugs
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I have to literally force myself to log on sometimes and push myself to stay on for so many hours and notice that once i am on i keep going, but if its slow i listen to music and helps ease the long hours. Its hard as hell some days. But it will get better.
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Ain't that the damned fucking truth! Staying disciplined will pull you through your lull. I am recently recovering from a years long battle with depression. Depression really fucks with motivation because having money to pay rent, bills, eating food, they don't matter to you. They don't fit into the equation and then you feel even worse about yourself. Now that I've been on anti-depressants for a couple of months, the fog is lifting. Being very disciplined about everything, regardless of what I wanted to do or not do, was one of the major factors that helped pull me out of it. Discipline to keep hours. Discipline to exercise. Discipline to whatever you want to achieve is the only way you're going to get wherever you are going.
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SweetieBitch
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Snowy0Star
how long have you had ur slump ? ive been using dial in pso party hotlines to make my main income and its pretty much like the phone version of a free chat cam site. i just log in away because i have bills to pay for but i take breaks if its slow. maybe we think differently but i mean rent and bills should be motivation enough yes?
I am living rent free right now so I am not worried about that.
It's having what I need for this business trip I leave in a week. Everyting is paid expect for spending money. just need $300 for the time I am there.
It's this transition of leaving camming to a whole new business that is getting to me. I can't cam forever I want to be done with it by the end of the year and only make clips just as side money.
My internet business is the way to create the full financial freedom I've been wanting for a long time. just didn't anticipate the struggle and journey of getting to it.
my days of sitting on cam waiting to get a show are limited and it feels like miles away for my last day.
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ic i kinda know how you feel . Im working on making new characters for PSO so i can save up and get more training to be a holistic healer. I have a massage degree but i couldn't use it between Feb 2013 and Feb 2016 because i was busted for escorting before i got into camming (witch is why i started camming in the first place). Me and my BF are leaving the state soon so im waiting to move to get a new lic (lic are state by state expensive and take months to get) and i want to learn more healing methods and get out of sex work or not depend on it for my lively hood anymore. Me and you are a lot alike i think so i think i know exactly what ur going thru i know this post may not mean much because i know i havent been the nicest person to u but i really do wish you the best witch is why im posting in this thread.
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I get into the feeling of dressing up and doing it just for the hell of it...it can be fun, recapture that sense of fun and forget that it's about the money. Be as creative as possible and think of anything that you might enjoy doing differently.
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I just change my mindset. If it's slow then it was not a wasted day of work, it was a relaxing day of Netflixing, wearing a push up bra and too much make-up.
It is the only way I can work. I just put Netflix or the TV on and press pauze as soon as someone wants to chat.
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Depends on the reason my motivation is low.
If it's because I haven't been on for a few days because of other obligations, and now I'm out of the camming mindset, I do a kind of staged return to work. So I'll get dolled up and only turn on Skype and non-free-chat sites. That doesn't seem so bad usually. Then, after I've had a couple of shows, I remember that I actually love doing shows; it turns out that I'm now I'm in the groove, and actually feel quite keen to get into free chat and get my hustle on.
If my motivation has crashed because I've had several slow shifts, or there's been a plague of assholes, I focus my efforts on being kind to myself and keeping up my self-confidence. It's a normal human reaction, to avoid places that cause us pain. But it's also a simple fact that no slow streak lasts forever, so the key is to be online and smiling when the guy with money logs on. To keep the smile on, I treat myself like a precious show horse, for lack of a better comparison. Lots of treats, lots of pampering *as long as I log on for my shifts*.
I burned out massively last summer, and couldn't get my ass online for several months. It's kindness to myself and staged return after breaks and illnesses that's keeping me logging on right now.
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Slight side trip, but are there particular seasons/days/etc. that are slow pretty much universally every year for everyone?
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SweetieBitch
Really great article. A lot in there really made sense to me. I am now trying to figure out ways to apply it to camming to help me be more consistent and, hopefully, make more $!
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LilyAnderson
Motivation 4: There are millions of people on this planet. Someone, somewhere, is going to pay you.
^ This. I've been listening to Les Brown every morning. In one speech, he was talking about doing sales and getting turned down. Said he turned it into a game. "There is a yes out there, and I will keep going until I find it."
Imagine what you'll do with that $300, picture yourself having fun spending it (or feeling relieved if you have a bill to pay, or whatever it is that you are working towards.) If I do x, then I can do y. That helps me.
"Some days there might not be a song in your heart. Sing anyway." --- Discipline. Doesn't matter how you feel about what you need to do, just do what you need to do.
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I've given up on motivation and discipline. I never go on cam unless I absolutely feel it in my bones. I do a "focus wheel" much like the one Abraham Hicks recommends where you write down what makes you happy, or I meditate during my walks. Once I'm in the happy zone, I do whatever I need to do to get on with my day.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07tdf2vueM
I hope you find some help in this.. It did me.
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YEP I would say I am very disciplined.. wake up early morning EVERYDAY.. work about the same hours every single day.. I pretty much have the same routine for everything and I would say I am pretty successful.. it makes hard times more bearable.
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Re: how do we find the motivation get on when we been in a slow streak of camming
Good video!
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Re: how do we find the motivation get on when we been in a slow streak of camming
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SweetieBitch
This makes camming sound more like an art/hobby than a job/career to me. I imagine many ladies here probably don't have the privilege/luxury to only get on cam when they're "in the zone", depending on their financial situation or scheduling availabilities.
But I'd love to get to the point where I'm financially stable enough to only cam when I'm really feeling it. I find that inspiring and motivating in itself.
I would encourage others to try it a couple of times, just get yourself in the zone much like how an athlete would visualize success before the big competition. Really feel that energy inside of you and then go on cam. Doing this has made the most positive impact on my earnings in the shortest amount of time. You'll find as well that ideas and inspiration will come to you on how to make more money and it all becomes more and more effortless.
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i suggest taking a day off from camming - completely - do what makes you happy but not with too much money...like: take a bath , go to the cinema and buy new nail polish or lipstick combination(try unusual color) and spend an evening with new book or a magazine and healthy snack ...never check the internet during this day-you will wake up refreshed and wanting to return to camming asap if you enjoy camming in the first place
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I don't look to motivation. I look to willpower. Time is going to pass be it slow or fast week. The real question to ask is 'If I push through and work, will have more money at the end?' The answer is yes, always. Time is going to pass anyway.
I personally work several eggs at once so during the days I don't cam or it's 'slow', I'm still working and making something. So if I don't do free chat I'll be doing indy shows, taking phone sex calls, and texting for pay even if I only do 2 calls on each platform.
It's not really about it being a slow streak. Most of the time we're not pushing ourselves hard enough. I had to change my thought process and come to term with my laziness. There's always bills to pay, something to buy, savings to build up. So there was really no excuse why I wasn't working daily unless there was an emergency or I was on an earned vacation.
I had to realize that working from home was a privilege but one that came at a cost. The cost that I wouldn't have a retirement fund if I didn't save for it. Or a boss to dock my pay, or schedule my shift, or look over my shoulder, or write my checks. Nope. I do that. It's my sole responsibility. So when I'm old and grey and can't hustle to save myself I won't have to worry because in my youth I was smart about hustling, saving, and making my dreams come true. That shit ain't free. I came very close to an eviction a few years back. I had bills constantly due or overdue, worried about the electric getting shut off, worried about my internet getting disconnected and putting me out of work until my next pay, only able to afford $50 worth of groceries. Then a light bulb went off. I had the answer (as do we all) in me the whole time. I just needed to stop being lazy and work. Period. Once I did that everything became clear. Bills were paid early, no stress about security, . Now I get paid every single day just about. I get that some of us have debilitating depression and other issues but if you're in the industry you can work. You just have to make yourself.
It hurts for the first few weeks but pain is essential to growth. Once those few weeks are over or days you'll get used to working and you'll learn to love it. It's just like exercise. You're exercising that pre-frontal cortex in your brain (will power) and building it like a muscle. The rewards are endless. Stress free, bills paid on time, treats that you purchased for yourself. It's worth the hard work. Fuck motivation. Only you can make yourself log on. Willpower is the only way. Motivation runs out. Willpower becomes a habit. All it takes is a change of thought.
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minniesoporno
I am living rent free right now so I am not worried about that.
It's having what I need for this business trip I leave in a week. Everyting is paid expect for spending money. just need $300 for the time I am there.
It's this transition of leaving camming to a whole new business that is getting to me. I can't cam forever I want to be done with it by the end of the year and only make clips just as side money.
My internet business is the way to create the full financial freedom I've been wanting for a long time. just didn't anticipate the struggle and journey of getting to it.
my days of sitting on cam waiting to get a show are limited and it feels like miles away for my last day.
My internet business is the way to create the full financial freedom I've been wanting for a long time
^ I have been thinking about this statement off and on today. ^ This is the time to work as much as possible and have a Nice Big Emergency Fund save up. Why.. Because you are starting a new venture that you cant predict its outcome. As they say .. you cant see the forest because of the trees.. and you cant see whats around the tree until you go around it. You hope your internet business creates the full financial freedom that you have been waiting for. But what if it don't. Do you or "Will" you have a Emergency Fund to fall back on for 6 to 12mths if your new business don't go as plan? Or if you get sick? Or if we have a major terrorist attack that force the world into a Recession?The same motivation you need to get on Cam is the same motivation you are going to need starting and running a successful Business. The test never changes. Just rather you Fail it or Passed it.
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SweetieBitch
This makes camming sound more like an art/hobby than a job/career to me. I imagine many ladies here probably don't have the privilege/luxury to only get on cam when they're "in the zone", depending on their financial situation or scheduling availabilities.
I think the goal with this approach though is that you feel 'in the zone' more often than not. Like in my mind the result of this approach shouldn't be that you end up rarely working, it could even be that it causes you to end up working more than you usually would.
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For me the good thing is that i have my baby and all the things to do at home, so i dont have time to get angry. Its frustrating yes, sometimes i thik, wtf? But then after 5 min i already remember another thing to be done and i forget it again....lol
When i cammed many years ago, it was bad....coz i stayed o for like 12, 14hs and sometimes was really slow and nothing to do to keep my mind busy. Were better days where i could afford a maid and no do anything at home...but nowadays, i do it all myself, so i dont have a lot of time to focus on slow days. Empty mind , devil's workshop.
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It's hard to go back if I take too much time off, so I try to turn it into a part of my day.