I'm thinking of going back to the club after an almost 8 month break. Before I took a break I had been dancing for a little over 2 years. I was really in need of a long break when I "quit" the last time, blowing up at customers and bouncers constantly, leaving early because I just couldn't take it, ripping off customers constantly- I was the definition of a jaded stripper.
I was able to take an 8 month break without working a normal job because I had a sugar daddy who gave me a monthly allowance, just enough to get by, in exchange for videos and private shows on skype. I haven't been completely out of the sex industry obviously, but it's been good to not have to go into a club and to have consistent income.
I'm moving to the San Jose area in California, and from where i'm living there will be a club about 45 minutes away, or clubs in san francisco about an hour and 15 minutes away that I could go work at. Since I'm moving and my sugar daddy cut me off and I'm living on my dwindling savings, I'm going to have to find some way to make money while I'm looking for a "regular" job. I'm just concerned about going back to dancing and keeping my life in balance. I don't want to be waking up at noon every day and staying up til 4 even on nights I don't work. I don't want to fall back into the stripper lifestyle, even though I never drank or did drugs on the job, I found that all my friends were dancers and on nights I didn't work I'd go out with them and drink at bars and just spend my money foolishly.
When I first started dancing I kept a journal of my earnings and that helped, but I fell off that after the first year. I also don't want to get reliant on stripping for money, I just want it to be a stepping stone to float me until I find a good normal job.
Is there anyone who works a day job and dances? How many nights a week do you dance and how many hours do you work your day job? If I get a day job I think I'd probably just work weekends- does that work out or are you tempted to work more?
ugh. I'm just nervous about going back.......but I do miss the stage!



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