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    Does anyone else get really anxious before work? I plan to go nearly everyday and rarely make it. I don't know if its the contact at my club (Penthouse Club Denver) which is medium to kind of a lot of contact. I feel like i might just be burnt out, and i no longer have girlfriends who come to work with me (which helps a ton obviously!). Ive been dancing since march, and i havent found some kind of motivational thought that helps me feel secure. Does anyone else have this problem? What do you do?

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    Set out goals (daily, weekly, monthly) It helps me tremendously to have a dry erase board (like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001G60IYA) in my closet, and then write down on each day how much you make, then add it up at the end of the weeks and month. It motivates me to visually see and keep track of how much I am making, it makes me feel productive, and thus makes me want to work MORE!!! Really though, you have to force yourself up and to work sometimes. If I feel like I'm getting stuck in a rut, I will travel (maybe even just an hour away) and work my ass off, it motivates me being out of town and knowing I have a hotel and other things to pay for, it forces me to work and make lots of money!
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    Ha, ha I worked there. I travel all over the country and tried denver last year. Go to diamond cabaret. I get really bad anxiety especially before a trip out. I almost couldnt leave last week I was so anxious but I already had my ticket and had not worked for over 2 months, so Ijust made myself. Also you always feel better once you get there. Its those damn stages in denver that gives you anxiety alone and at diamonds its easy to be bought off the stage, so alot less stress right away.

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    im going to audition in a fe hours and im gettin crazy fuckin anxiety

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    good luck! DO IT!!!! Don't chicken out!
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    j.d me scaredddd!!1

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    just get there and have a couple shots. You'll be fine!
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    lol, great. a drunken new chick with stilettos slurrin.. lOLLL jk

    i was thinkin about gettin a tiny bottle of white zin lol.....
    imma take a pic of me n my outfit...tell me if i look a hot mess ok lol

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    show me!!!!
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    Listen to our free iTunes SuperStripper Podcast I designed the Summer Secrets Series to be something you listen to in the car on the way to work to get you into the money making Zone.

    I also agree with JD, having your goals written out where you can see them everyday is super-motivating!
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    Good luck Goldi! Where did you decide on auditioning?
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    I'm having the same problem lately. Although I am making it to work. I'm dealing with it with alcohol and sometimes "other" I wouldn't recommend either. Ahhhhhhhh! I need a holiday but unfortunately have no money for one. waaaaaaaa

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    I've had it for a while. My doc prescribed low amount xanax and it's working fine. He told me to only take half a 'football'. It seems to do the trick. I was at a pretty bad stage. I was freaking out behind the wheel: blurry vision, excelerated pulse, sweaty hands and just a general feeling of panic. So, that has stopped and I also try to relax as I'm getting ready for work. I used to get ready at the last minute and throw things all over. It made me panic even more.

    However, yesterday I took a full one and I was so sleepy after 5 hours. I won't do that again!
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    It seems that the more time I take off, the more nervous I am to go back. If I'm keeping to my four-nights-a-week schedule, I'm fine every shift. But if I'm on vacation for a week and a half and then come back, or if I get sick and miss a few days, I get kind of anxious about going back to work. And then once I'm at work, I seem to be kind of off my game.

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    I've only been dancing since August, so I still get nervous before work sometimes. To me it seems almost like my mind made a connection with being really nervous for my first shift, and those nerves like to come back while I'm getting ready, even though I know I have nothing to be nervous about. I'm always fine once I get to work and into the groove.

    I also started at a new club tonight, and was pretty nervous all day. Of course, it was fine (not as busy as I'd like, but I still did well). I hope to reach a point where I never get nervous while getting ready though, it's annoying.

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    I'm glad someone started this thread! I TOTALLY have this problem. I danced for 5 yeras, quit a year and a half ago; have been dabbling here and there but am really trying to go back full time for at least six months but the nerves is the problem that I'm having!


    I'll pack my bag up and put it by the door but when it comes time to actually leave I chicken out all the time, or I'll drive there with sweaty palms and by the time I get to the parking lot I am so worked up I turn around.

    I try to do breathing excercises which sometimes help and I also try to "talk myself off the ledge" by trying to convince myself that nothing bad is going to happen to me but I really need a permananet fix because my bills are way backed up and I need to go back by this weekend.
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    I get this too! Sometimes without even realizing it, I'll talk myself out of going. But then other days, I can't wait to get in there I always notice that as I'm getting to my exit on the interstate for the club, I start to get really, really nervous, but I make myself go in because its a 45min drive there, and as soon as I go through the doors and hear the music pounding, I become bad-ass. Like, I literally get this tough, making-money-bitches look on my face. Can't explain it *shrug*

    I think the best thing to do is just to force yourself to go. It's like the gym, or clearing out your apartment or something. Just getting there is half the battle, once you get started, it's fine!


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