Wow, I was just reading over some of my post from a few yrs ago, and boy, have I come a long way! Just a few yrs ago you could barely read what I was typing, much less make sense of it.
I am feeling old. I will be turning 25 this month, and have worked in this biz for 7 yrs now. I find it harder and harder to compete with all the new young girls coming in , and just feel burnt out most of the time.
I remember the '' good ole days'' when I would clear $1000 a shift..... last week I worked 40 hrs and made $640 bucks. YIKES!!!!
I am really starting to freak out here. I know theres good days and bad ones, but here lately, they all seem to be bad ones. I cannot live on $640 a week, so something has to give. I already work 40-48 hrs a week, and I have two kids, so working more isn't a option. And talking to the other girls who work elsewhere around here i'm being told that I am making good money were i'm at.
When the hell did making $640 for 40+ hrs of dancing equal good money??? Thats like 16 bucks a hr, before taxes. I would not work for that every week, but you never know how the night is going to turn out unless you work it, so I work it, then come home with crappy money, then feel more pressure to make more the next day to make up for last night...... it just keeps going on and on like that.
Sure, I still have a good night every once in awhile.... but there getting fewer and further apart. Am I the only really starting to freak out? Just a few weeks ago it was not this bad, I was down about a 100 a shift... but these past few weeks have been rough!
The guys just seem to be expecting a lot more for even less money. Heck, I was selling shows like hotcakes a few yrs ago...... $500 bucks a pop. Now I feel like I am pulling teeth to sell those exact same shows for a $100.
Is it just because I am getting older? I think I look better now then ever before.... having kids gave me all the right curves.
Or maybe its just that the economy sucks right now?
Someone reassure me things will get better soon. I feel like I am just hanging on by a thread here. The more bad nights I have, the more pressure I feel to make more, the more pressure I feel, the worst the nights get...... its just a endless cycle. I need some time off, but I can't afford it for one, and I am under contract to work and get fined $400 bucks for every shift I miss, so thats not really a option right now.
Any advice???



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Kamryn
I don't get it. 
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