Results 1 to 22 of 22

Thread: so tired (need some encouragement!)

  1. #1
    God/dess anomar's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2005
    Posts
    2,373
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Damn it! I guess I just need some encouragement from everyone. Lots of 'you can do its!' and stuff.

    As lots of people know, I'm here in Guam dancing and on an 8-week contract. Well, I'm 1 day away from completing it!

    My options are thus.
    a) Finish my one more day. Take my final payment from the club, the money I get reimbursed for my airline ticket to Guam, and use that money to purchase my own ticket back to Portland.
    b) Finish one more day. Continue an extra 2 weeks to ten weeks. The club will pay for my return ticket.
    c) FInish one more day. Take my final payment. Go to a club down the street and work for two more weeks. Take that money and buy my own plane ticket home.

    I KNOW that the best option is plan B. (ha!) But I have all of these fatigued and half-assed reasons for why I should just get out of here. "That's a 2k difference, MINIMUM!" isn't quite resonating with me. Working 6 days a week is just tough on the system and th idea of just getting out of here after doing the bare minimum (even though it's a 2k MINIMUM difference!) isn't quite registering with me.

    So I guess I just need lots of encouraging words in this thread so I can motivate to stay here two more weeks. Tell me how cold it is in Portland! How I won't be able to find an office job untl the beginning of January, anyway! How I already specifically allocated all of my earnings to financial goals! (This much for my emergency fund. This much to pay my bills for the next 6 weeks or so 'til I get a Real job. This much to totally eliminate credit card debt, or at least reduce it to 20% of its current state.) How since I already did (as of tomorrow) 48 days, 12 more days is nothing!

    Aaaah I'm just so demotivated and my feetsies hurt. Help me out SW! I'm in the final stretch but I don't feel quite like the workaholic that I should.

  2. #2
    God/dess anomar's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2005
    Posts
    2,373
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Hmmm "edit" is not working. I should insert this in the paragraph about my bright ideas about why I should just leave later this week, though it's expensive.

    "Like "Wow... I"m so sick of dancing... it's boring..." "My feet hurt..." "Portland's probably pretty cool right now, even though my friends are mainly busy with the end of fall semester. I could be hanging out with them right now." "Maybe I could start looking for a job right before Christmas."

    So yeah, nothing like "My club is scary and the owner will skewer me." or "Guam is about to be hit by a tornado." Just "Ohhh man I'm pretty bored."

  3. #3
    Lola Rose
    Guest

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Think of some really awesome reward for staying another 2 weeks. A whole spa day when you get back, perhaps?

  4. #4
    God/dess
    Joined
    Sep 2002
    Posts
    8,031
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 143 Times in 42 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    ^^ Yeah, I like that idea.

    I'm just kind of blown away that you didn't buy a round-trip ticket to begin with! It hurts the travel planning part of my brain. Are you signed up for frequent flyer miles even? Because that's a lot of goddamn miles not to get and save for future fun travel. So, the extra two weeks is to make up for not doing that! And buy your ticket now -- that way it will be less expensive, but you will have the penalty of change fees if you don't stay. Having that date set two weeks from now will make the need to stay until that date more concrete.

  5. #5
    God/dess Dottie Rebel's Avatar
    Joined
    May 2006
    Location
    Indianapolis
    Posts
    3,174
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 54 Times in 19 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    2 weeks is hugely different from 10! Could you get the money reimbursed if you worked 2 more weeks or would it take 10? If it's 2 weeks, I say *try* to tough it out. If it's 10, lawdy mama, come on home. Eff that.

    So...what is the consensus? Does Guam suck ass?

  6. #6
    Featured Member needtodance's Avatar
    Joined
    Apr 2007
    Location
    Dear FSM plz send money to Oregon K luv you bye
    Posts
    1,491
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Its rainy and miserable here in Portland, I'll give ya that...

    And the job market still seems pretty bad right now, i think the only positions open are seasonal temp positions, extra staff for hte holidays. Which would suck. Anyways, let me know when you decide to come back in town!
    Quote Originally Posted by ExoticEngineer View Post
    My pussy eats vibrators like skittles.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    temporary abortions for everyone?

  7. #7
    Yekhefah
    Guest

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    I'm about four hours from Portland right now but it's about 40 F and pissing rain. I haven't seen the sunshine for a few days. Personally I love that but it doesn't sound like you would.

    And yeah, the job market blows right now. Your odds of getting hired would definitely be better after the new year; bosses don't want to deal with it around Xmas. Besides, why pay for your own ticket when they'll do it for you AND you'll make another few G's? It's only two more weeks; you've come this far. Might as well stick it out. And yes, I second the idea of a nice long spa day when you get back.

  8. #8
    God/dess anomar's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2005
    Posts
    2,373
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Quote Originally Posted by Susan Wayward View Post
    ^^ Yeah, I like that idea.

    I'm just kind of blown away that you didn't buy a round-trip ticket to begin with! It hurts the travel planning part of my brain. Are you signed up for frequent flyer miles even? Because that's a lot of goddamn miles not to get and save for future fun travel. So, the extra two weeks is to make up for not doing that! And buy your ticket now -- that way it will be less expensive, but you will have the penalty of change fees if you don't stay. Having that date set two weeks from now will make the need to stay until that date more concrete.
    No, I do have frequent flyer miles connected to my plane ticket actually. I already have the 5k for my arrival logged into my Alaska Airlines account!

    Actually I already have planned on spending the frequent flyer miles on a trip to New York to see friends later in 2008. I forgot about that!

    They pay for my plane ticket to return if i do two more weeks (making ten weeks TOTAL, not ten MORE weeks).

    I haven't figured out a good reward for myself when i get back in two weeks, but I should. My mom treats me and my sisters out to a spa day when we go to L.A. for Christmas so I'm not compelled to do that. Hmm... I'll find myself a good indulgence!

    DR -- Nah, Guam doesn't suck ass, it's just my inherent instinct to not quite finish things up/follow through with them kicking in really viciously. Somehow I'm kind of thinking that two extra weeks of not working/losing 2k minimum is better than continuing with the routine I'm settled in here in Guam for two more weeks.

    I'll post a follow up on what I think about Guam when I actually get back in Portland instead of while the story's developing.

    It doesn't help that yesterday and today have been rainy, though admittedly 80 degrees and rainy. Oh yeah, and my roommate in housing is a total weirdo! Though definitely not enough for me to do more than raise an eyebrow, but in my whiny-ass state it seems like enough to lose 2 grand over.

    Oh well, I got a night's worth of sleep since I made the original post and I've comitted to getting back by December 8 since that's my best friend/Portland roommate's very big birthday party. That gives me until December 7 to work 13 more days. Gah, I can do it... I hope!

  9. #9
    Lola Rose
    Guest

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    you CAN do it!!!!

  10. #10
    God/dess Sophia_Starina's Avatar
    Joined
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Nudie-Land
    Posts
    7,219
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 4,151 Times in 1,462 Posts
    My Mood
    Sneaky

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    You can do it for sure. I am rooting for you!
    Quote Originally Posted by Jay12 View Post
    ^What Sophia said.
    Quote Originally Posted by yoda57us View Post
    I wish there was an "auto-like" setting that I could just have applied to all of your posts Sophia....

  11. #11
    Featured Member dangerousdiva's Avatar
    Joined
    Dec 2002
    Location
    Saint to Sin
    Posts
    1,268
    Thanks
    31
    Thanked 63 Times in 36 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    We're rooting for you! You can do it!

  12. #12
    Featured Member
    Joined
    Jan 2007
    Posts
    1,242
    Thanks
    1
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    You can do it! Unless you are so physically run down that you are getting sick, it sounds worth it to stay.

    On a slightly different note, do you have a support system in place for when you get back?
    Quote Originally Posted by Helle View Post
    ::WARNING:: stripperweb does not contain the views of any actual strippers ::WARNING::

  13. #13
    God/dess holiday's Avatar
    Joined
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    2,691
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 61 Times in 23 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Man, I can totally feel you on getting burnt out. I can hardly drag my lazy ass into work 4 days a week, let alone 6.

    Maybe go find the thread ViolaStrings did when she made 10K in one month, that was inspiring.

    I think you made the right decision to stay and definitely treat yourself when you get back!!!
    I'm confused, but the Chewbacca Truffle Shuffle cleared it up. - Emily

  14. #14
    Senior Member anneholl's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Portland, OR
    Posts
    159
    Thanks
    29
    Thanked 13 Times in 7 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    You can do it girl! Take it one day at a time. Try and revel in the positive interactions with the kind people that you have met along the way. I believe in you!

  15. #15
    God/dess Lysondra's Avatar
    Joined
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Another Country
    Posts
    18,664
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 148 Times in 100 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    *don't flame me, trying a different approach*

    Well DUH you can do it! You made it this far. How silly to think you can't do two more weeks. For Christ sakes, woma, get it in your head and stop feeling sorry for your feet. They won't fall off, but you'll never have this chance again! Don't ruin it for some pissing rain city that has people who want to kick you in the shin for even talkin' to them. Now get back to work, don't dawdle and make all that damn money and get your ticket that you DESERVE paid for. Then use all that lovely money on the one thing that deserves it most - you.


    Look like a woman
    Think like a man
    Act like a lady
    Work like a dog

    - My Great Grandmother Bessie's Recipe for Success

  16. #16
    God/dess twisterinAZ's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Scottsdale
    Posts
    2,228
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 12 Times in 9 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Do it girl. Stick it out. You will be glad you didn't quit . I'm dying to know how it's going . Is it worth the trip and how are your accomodations?

  17. #17
    sun child
    Guest

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Well - it seems like you've already made up your mind and gotten loads of encouragement here - so I will say that I will reward you for staying by taking you out on the town to celebrate your return to Portland.

  18. #18
    God/dess anomar's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2005
    Posts
    2,373
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Yay! Today I finished the final shift of my eight week contract. With twelve more working days I get a plane ticket home (to be booked next week). I'm aiming very hard to arrive the day before/day of my friend's birthday party, which will be a great welcome home in itself. Twelve more work days baby and a free ticket across the Pacific (and also I keep the money it costs, too!)

  19. #19
    God/dess anomar's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2005
    Posts
    2,373
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Quote Originally Posted by sun child View Post
    Well - it seems like you've already made up your mind and gotten loads of encouragement here - so I will say that I will reward you for staying by taking you out on the town to celebrate your return to Portland.
    Can we please get drunk and go dancing and look beautiful and bike around in the cold? Really really? *LOVE***

  20. #20
    God/dess anomar's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2005
    Posts
    2,373
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Hey we're on on the same time! yay!

  21. #21
    sun child
    Guest

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Quote Originally Posted by anomar View Post
    Can we please get drunk and go dancing and look beautiful and bike around in the cold? Really really? *LOVE***
    Of course. We should dress up and give our phone numbers to cute rocker boys. And go strip club hopping. And take cab rides around town. Yay!

  22. #22
    God/dess cinammonkisses's Avatar
    Joined
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Some Fat guys Lap!
    Posts
    9,647
    Thanks
    11
    Thanked 90 Times in 67 Posts

    Default Re: so tired (need some encouragement!)

    Quote Originally Posted by anomar View Post
    Yay! Today I finished the final shift of my eight week contract. With twelve more working days I get a plane ticket home (to be booked next week). I'm aiming very hard to arrive the day before/day of my friend's birthday party, which will be a great welcome home in itself. Twelve more work days baby and a free ticket across the Pacific (and also I keep the money it costs, too!)
    Awesome! You can do it Anomar







    Some Douchebag: "[Pimp C] 12:43 am: its true we got to stick together the black people on SW CK you is teh condoleeza of SW"


Similar Threads

  1. Need Encouragement
    By Leighton in forum Life Support
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 07-28-2011, 04:51 AM
  2. Need some encouragement
    By halfasiangrl in forum Coming Out
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 06-03-2009, 06:20 PM
  3. I need some help and encouragement.
    By PaigeDWinter in forum Stripping (was Stripping General)
    Replies: 51
    Last Post: 08-20-2006, 11:35 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •