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    I live in PA right now and work from 7:30 am-4pm m-f. I plan on moving to Jersey and commuting to PA until I find a day job there. The commute is only 1 hour, so it's not bad. (I commute 1/2 hr. now) but, I also want to start dancing when I move to NJ and my question is for you ladies that hold a day job AND dance at night. How do you manage both? Do you dance part time? Work your day job part time? When do you sleep. I recently started working room service at a Casino as supplemental income. 11pm-7am then my day job 7:30 am- 4pm. Let me tell you, I only lasted a week. How do you do it?

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    I work two night jobs and dancing and sessions. I sleep days only.
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    Its not easy. I dance full time now but I used to dance part time and work a day job too. You can work your day job week days and dance weekends but prepare to have no life and be tired all the time. It depends on how many hours your dancing for. Dancing 4-5 hours 2-3 times a week is manageable but more than that and I think it gets really hard going.



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    It was really hard for me to even go to school during the days and dance at night. It kills me to skimp on sleep and it's amazing how a lot of you do it. I did it for awhile but had to drastically cut down the nights I worked in the end.

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    I have a full-time day job so I only work at a club two nights per week. It sucks working 13 hr days(8 hrs at one job, 5 at the other), but I only have to do this two nights a week and I make sure that the one night is Friday, so that I can sleep late on Saturday morning and get all my rest. Admittedly it does really suck having to work until 2, get home at 3-3:30ish, and wake up in time for work the next morning. However, the money is decent for me at my club job and I like the workplace a lot, so that's what keeps me doing it.

    Before I waitressed at a club, I was working 5 shifts per week at a chain restaurant AND working! The shifts were earlier(e.g., 5pm-11pm instead of 9pm-2am), but there were more of them and I didn't have any days off in a given 7day week. The money is better at the club I work at, so I don't need to work as much(thank God! otherwise, I'd have no sleep or sanity!).

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    I work a regular day job. 8 - 5 monday - friday.

    I'm usually found at the club fri, sat, sun, tues.

    Fridays are super long days for me since I'm up by 6am get to work at 8am- & working till 3am. Sat I sleep in til it's time to go into work & sunday I do the same, but getting up monday and wed is totally killer for me.

    PoleKitten is right, I'm tired and have no life and hardly any time to myself. But the way I see it is... I'm young, minus will do it now while I can. Plus with the money all rolling in and seeing my debts go down is a huge motivation for me.

    It's a little over a 15mile drive from my home to the day job (which takes an hour to get to in the morning b/c traffic is insane) - then it's another 20 miles from my day job to the club. So all in all when I get home at night it's about a 35mile drive. 3am theres no traffic so I get home in about 40/50 minutes.

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    i work mon wed fri 745-245, and i dance those same nights plus saturday. that way im never dancing the night before i have to get up early, and my days off are totally off. im tired, but i take a 1-2 hr nap in between, and i drink a lot of red bull!

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    Thanks for the advice ladies. I think that's what my problem with the casino was, I was working 40 hrs per week there and 40 hrs per week at my day job. I will definately stick to dancing part time.
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    I will definately be dancing part time then. Thanks ladies! Why was my dumbass thinking about trying to work my day job full time AND dance full time?
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    i work full time at my reg job 9-6pm mon-fri
    and i dance three nights a week alternating wed thurs fri an sat 9-2pm...
    i live off caffeine

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    Before my day job paid enough to keep me afloat I would just dance part time a couple of weekends a month. Fridays were the killer though because I would be up for work at 6:00 am and not get to bed until 6:00 am on Saturday. There was no way I could do it too much because I was completely exhausted even doing that 2-4 nights a month, but it got me back on my feet.
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    The question is, what is this day job you speak of?
    it it something worthwhile? is it something that compliments your ultimate desired career? if your just working a day job to work a day job, its not even worth the mental and physical strain to do both at once.

    there are plenty of clubs in Jersey, and if you hustle, you'll make more money that you did in PA.

    If you really insist on doing both, i would dance fri - sun and work the straight job during the week. It will help if your day job has a start time in the afternoon.

    I danced at Daydreams in Philly for a stint and i lapdanced circles around the local girls cuz I brought the Jersey hustle with me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ali Chin Chin View Post
    The question is, what is this day job you speak of?
    it it something worthwhile? is it something that compliments your ultimate desired career? if your just working a day job to work a day job, its not even worth the mental and physical strain to do both at once.

    there are plenty of clubs in Jersey, and if you hustle, you'll make more money that you did in PA.

    If you really insist on doing both, i would dance fri - sun and work the straight job during the week. It will help if your day job has a start time in the afternoon.

    I danced at Daydreams in Philly for a stint and i lapdanced circles around the local girls cuz I brought the Jersey hustle with me.
    Yeah, the day job is pretty much worthwhile. I make 31500/yr. So it's a guanranteed 475 after taxes every week. I want to try to find a day job in NJ because I'm sure I could make the same or more in NJ and save myself the long commute and gas.
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    I'm man of heart and soul that like to strip and show what kind man I'm going to be and be great looking guy to model infront of you . I think I have what it takes
    and grreat taste.

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    I'm so ridiculously part time with both my day and dancing jobs that there's no pressure either way. I envy you fulltimeys your stamina either way!


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    Quote Originally Posted by james3222 View Post
    I'm man of heart and soul that like to strip and show what kind man I'm going to be and be great looking guy to model infront of you . I think I have what it takes
    and grreat taste.
    Uh...

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    ^^^uh, yeah...I second that.
    Stripping was my Mr. Big....the best bad relationship I ever had.

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    my career is working between 3-9 hours a day tuesday thru saturday. i dont' get a chance to dance on saturday and sunday nights because of other stuff that i have going on. i'm a full time dog groomer who also competes with my dogs in obedience trials (soon agility also). i dance when i have the time. thank god my day job pays pretty good. there was a time when i was dancing during the week too and i tell you what...it was the hardest thing i've done. i was tired. sleep suffered because i would work from 10:30a-5 or 6 p and then go in from 7p-2a. i wouldnt' get to bed till about 3-3:30 and would be up about 9:30. 6 hours sometimes isn't enought when you're extremely exhausted.

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