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    Hey everyone I just joined the site a few days ago and love it. There is so much information that has been helpful. I started off working on IMLive and got really annoyed about all the cbs and now I'm on streamate (and just signed up for AW) my question is how do you stay motivated to put in hours on cam? My pay lately hasnt been very much and as much as I whine about being broke I know I could be putting in way more time online. It just seems that after about two hours I just zone out, especially if it seems its all beggars in there. Any tips that I could use? Or do more of you go for a money goal each day as opposed to hourly goal? I'd appreciate any advice

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    Default Re: Having so much trouble staying motivated...

    I think I drove myself crazy with the hourly goal thing.
    I rather know how much i made per day or even week.

    Per hour can make you think way to hard...IMO

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    I have the same problem... and I'm broke because of it. Honestly, I think I'm getting better though. I just try to think about the future rather than the present. I try to tell myself that biting the bullet & sacrificing a few hours right NOW will save me a lot of headaches later on, particularly when the bills are due. I'm the type of person with a "Oh I'll do it later" attitude which is NOT conducive to productivity or success, so I'm trying to completely eliminate it from my psyche.

    Not doing webcam makes me feel like shit... which makes me even less motivated to work. Which makes me feel even shittier, etc. etc. it's an endless cycle. I've figured out the best way to break the cycle is to JUST DO IT. No excuses.. "My throat hurts" Boohoo, suck it up. "I'm on my period" You can hide that shit, go on cam anyway. "I don't feel sexy" Ohh cry me a river, you baby.

    I like to think about the fact that we camgirls often make more per hour than professionals out in the workforce who've had to attend years of schooling and/or climb the corporate ladder to get where they are. All we do is put on some makeup/lingerie and lay around on our beds. It's a GREAT OPPORTUNITY and we shouldn't take it for granted.

    (yeah, I give myself a lot of pep talks so I could go on and on and on with this stuff... )

    Oh yeah, I like to work with a weekly goal in mind. I just find it easier. That way I don't beat myself up if I only make 2/3 of my goal one day, etc.

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    I need to show myself some tough love then..lol..since you brought up the period as an excuse not to work...I'm curious how do you work when you're having it? I know alot just tuck the string in but what if someone wants a close up of everything spread..lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by LilMissNaughty View Post
    I need to show myself some tough love then..lol..since you brought up the period as an excuse not to work...I'm curious how do you work when you're having it? I know alot just tuck the string in but what if someone wants a close up of everything spread..lol
    I push it in as far as it'll go, cut the string & tuck the rest of it in. I still use a toy and no one can tell even in privates where they want extreme close-ups & spread eagle... although it might be different for other girls. My periods tend to be light so I've never had to worry about blood or anything.

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    I use Insteads on my period. Works wonders for me.

    I also agree with just doing it. Thats the only way to add up the $$$.

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    Whenever I don't feel like it, I just remember looking for a job for several months, and not being able to find it, a job where I'd be making per day what I can make in an hour or two now. Then I think about the three weeks I spent at my parent's place recently, being bored out of my mind, barely any friends in town because I don't live there for years, no money, nothing to do, when I really, really wished I was back here and camming. Boy, I was fantasizing about stripping and flaunting my feet for pervs! Then I remember how I wouldn't have been broke now if I had sucked it up earlier and worked harder. Then I remember so many important things I need money for.
    So I suck it up, and I remember that, even if I go online for a measley hour and make 20-30$, it's still better than nothing. And sometimes when I'm on, I get really cool guys who want a long session and who are also funny, so that cheers me up at the same time I get money for doing it. Sometimes it's actually a good therapy.

    And when I REALLY don't feel like it, I cut myself some slack and don't work that day. I'm not in this to hate it because I pushed myself too hard.

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    Well for me it's easy. My husband works in the construction field and during the winter there is like no work so I have to pay all the bills. Lol. In the summer when he's making money I tend to slack off. I just remember that anything I make is extra and owning a boat, extra money always come in handy. (BOAT stands for B(reak) O(ut) A(nother) T(housand). Lol. And it's totally true.

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    i've lost so much motivation but mainly because of personal issues with my bf etc. I need like a motivating cam buddy! lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by pushit69 View Post
    i've lost so much motivation but mainly because of personal issues with my bf etc. I need like a motivating cam buddy! lol
    Ha me too. But we're just about to start February, so NEW START NEW MOTIVATION. That's the way I'm thinking about it! I think we should make a pact to all beat our monthly records in Feb!!!!

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    I'm up for making that pact )

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    Quote Originally Posted by snowC View Post
    Ha me too. But we're just about to start February, so NEW START NEW MOTIVATION. That's the way I'm thinking about it! I think we should make a pact to all beat our monthly records in Feb!!!!
    haha i so need one! someone needs to start a feb motivation thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by pushit69 View Post
    haha i so need one! someone needs to start a feb motivation thread
    I'll start the pact thread lol

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