Before I started dancing, I used to have a pretty intense work ethic: I was highly motivated, driven, and focused. I was very proud when I found stripping, as it seemed like a shortcut that not many people had the balls to take, and I took full advantage of that fact (I saved and invested most of my money). Yet dancing seems to have permanently changed how I view money and how I view the hours that I work, especially in straight jobs. I’ve found that it's really, really hard to silence that voice in your head that says "I could've made this money in <x hours> dancing." Even if you know that you're working your straight job because you're permanently burned out of dancing, want to build a sustainable career, want insurance and benefits, lower tax rates, normal hours, etc...you still have that voice whispering "if I danced even one night a week, I could be making twice what I'm making now..."
Sex work is hard work. That said, it's easy to become accustomed to the shorter working hours, higher earning potential, and flexible scheduling that comes with dancing, camming, etc. I know a few people on here are extremely disciplined in how they work, but I think it's much more common to struggle with getting up the motivation to work - whether you're still dancing / camming or are working a straight job. It seems that this is at the crux of why people become "addicted" to sex work. For those of us who know we don’t have what it takes to do sex work indefinitely, we become less patient when it comes to working hard for what we want in normal jobs. After all, working is not all about money: it’s about quality of life, too. But sex work changes our mentalities to focus far more on immediate monetary gain instead of the long-term benefits of establishing a sustainable career.
So what do you think? Has sex work affected your work ethic?
As a side note, this is not an anti-sex work thread. We all know that this industry has some very serious advantages and disadvantages – I’m just looking to hear about your experiences!



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