
Originally Posted by
Blovely
Long read ahead, your post triggered me to do some word spillage.
I said before that $1k a week isn't easy for everyone to make, I still stand by that. Some can make it some can't, some it takes sooner to make and some it takes longer to make. I think you would've been easily able to make that years ago, now it isn't as easy. Camming isn't what it use to be. It really sucks but its no longer easy to make money in the adult industry. Making your goal regardless of the number use to be hella easy. You could work 1 camsite and make your goal. There was no stressing about whether or not you'd make it. There was no having to put in more and more hours just to make it. There was consistency. All you had to do was log on for a set amount of hours and you'd make your goal.
Making money with camming/the adult industry seems to keep getting harder. For most its going to keep taking longer and longer to make whatever goal. So I say good for you for deciding to throw in the towel. I know many people view quitting as weak or defeat but imo its very smart and mature to admit when something is no longer working for you. Regardless of what job a person does its hard (and some times impossible) for most people to admit and accept that a change is required. Most avoid change and drag it out until it destroys them.
I've been trying to hold on to camming for years, I kept hoping that it'd go back to the way it was or at least get better. But truth is nothing ever goes back to how it was. I use to love camming but now I've seriously come to hate it. I switched to ignore cam years ago because of how dead things got. I couldn't bare to sit on cam for hours with people barely coming into my room and then when they did come in they'd leave as soon as I mentioned a tip or pvt. Dealing with that repeatedly minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day especially when it didn't use be like that is mind numbing, soul crushing and energy draining. I couldn't take that culture change so I started ignoring people until they tipped or took me pvt. There were times where I'd tried to go back to regular camming ya'know say hi, how are you, etc. You know what happened? These mofo would leave or try to waste my time and like clock work when I'd mention pvt they'd scatter like roaches. I ended up going back to ignoring their asses so dam fast (some people just can't have nice things, smh). Its sad but ignore cam is the only way for me to keep generating money while keeping my sanity. The thing now though is that I can't even bring myself to log on even if its to do ignore cam. Sitting in front of the camera even if I'm just waiting for a tip or pvt is still draining. I no longer have any patience or desire to be in front of a camera anymore. The lack of traffic and the change in culture has sucked me drain. I don't log on until or unless I absolutely have to do.
Although I am so over camming I am still appreciative of it, it has done alot for me financial wise, emotional wise, mental wise and skill wise over the years. One of the things I thank the adult industry and camming for is putting me on to web design. Without the adult industry I probably would have been an entirely different person. The reason I got into this industry and web design was because I came across a glamour model's website that she designed and coded herself. She inspired me to do both things on my own. Would have never known about tech or that I had a skill in web design. Although I don't necessarily have a passion for WD, it is a skill that will allow me to move away from camming and start a new life which is what I need because camming is no longer working, beneficial or healthy for me.
Getting a job however hasn't been easy. I hate the current job market and process. You send out 100 resumes and nothing... not even a rejection email. I thought it was me at first until I googled and read that this is the norm. It also doesn't help that where I live doesn't have much of a tech scene. I've been hesitate to apply to out of state jobs because I'm kind of scared to get out of my comfort zone but I'm going to start because I really getting tired of feeling stuck plus I have a feeling that I'm going to have more success getting a job else where. I watched this one guy on Youtube who taught himself how to code. Once he felt that he knew enough he applied to developer jobs all over the U.S., which ever place gave him his first offer that's where he was going to move. Welp, he got an offer, moved, worked at that place for a few years, learned as much as he could from the job, quit and started his own business as a freelance developer.
I've be camming for 10+ years. It was great at first now I'm just ready to start a new chapter/new life. I'm tired of camming. I'm tired of combining camsites, clip sites and phone sites to try to make enough money. I'm tired of things getting shitter every year. I'm tired of these snowy ass, cold ass winters. I'm just tired. I want out of this state and out of camming. I am so ready for a new life. Even though I am over camming I know that I won't be able to leave it alone forever. I still have a love for it, I probably always will. I'll probably cam off and on until I'm physically unable to click "start show" due to old age. Right now though....my goodness I am soooooooo looking forward to camming full-time or even part-time being a thing of the past. Once I do get a job I'll probably take a good 1-2 years off of camming and anything adult related. Its going to be glorious not having to touch a webcam and not having to logon to a; cam site, clip site, phone site, etc in order to make money.
I personally love hearing about camgirls getting out. I don't think camming is horrible by any means, it just starts to feel like a trap with no easy exit at some point imo. When you do it for years it starts to feel dam near impossible to get out of which is why I enjoy reading about ladies finding success outside of it and being able to move on (especially if what they're moving on to is their own vanilla business). Camming as well as other things in my life have made me depressed which I am just now realizing. Its inspiring to know that happiness is possible outside of camming. Although I'm not looking forward to working for someone else (a schedule ugh, daily commute ugh, corporate/office politics double ugh, etc), I'm happy to know that I will have a consistent pay check and away to escape a situation I feel trapped in. Plus I know that working for someone else isn't a forever plan. I only plan on working as an inhouse web design for 1-2 years to get experience and to pay off debt (which has unfortunately occurred due camming sucking). Once I achieve both I am out of that bitch because I have no desire to work for someone else long term or until retirement.
Camming has taught me that I am capable of working for myself and that I enjoy self-employed freedom waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much to ever trade it in indefinitely. I have goals in my head, I know what in the future and I know exactly how I want the rest of my life to be, I just need to get over this tiny hump in order to get there. Being able to work for ourself as camgirls is great but being able to work for yourself in a vanilla setting is ultimate paradise imo. Being able to work for myself in a vanilla way until retirement is my ultimate goal.
Personally I think the way to go for camgirls who feel trapped, want to exit soon or just want an exit plan in general is to find something you (in general) have; a passion for, an interest in or at least something that you can tolerate doing. Once you have found that create a business out of it. There are so many different ways you could go with the exit plan you choose Miss_ShaSha especially if decide to incorporate social media and eCommerce. You could def have multiple streams of income as well.
So many of the skills we develop and business practices that we learn as camgirls are transferable. I honestly think that as camgirls we have the skills and ability to be able to run our own vanilla businesses if we wanted to. There are so many different types of businesses these days, many of which you can do/run from home. No longer do people have to invest in a brick and mortar place or have a huge start up capital to start a business. Change isn't easy, but its dam sure possible. Wishing success to you ShaSha and every camgirl that's trying to move on/start something new whether its now or in the future.
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