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    Default Question for night-shift dancers...

    What do you do during the day while you're waiting to get ready for your shift?

    It's tough to avoid the sit-around-and-think-about-work-all-day pit of hell...

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    Default Re: Question for night-shift dancers...

    Depends. Grooming always comes first (waxing, mani/pedi, etc). Then get chores out of the way, if need to be done. Afterward I'll begin to get ready for my shift. And if I still have time left over, I'll do a quick workout or relax, depending on my mood.

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    Default Re: Question for night-shift dancers...

    I sit around all day in the pit of hell. Lol.

    Just kidding. But for real sometimes I need to relax afterward. However long that takes but I try not to let myself waste too much time. Like I feel best when I make a small checklist that night of things I want / need to accomplish the next day, then get those things done.

    Also a must for me is exercise or doing something outdoors.
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    Sleep haha.

    I normally sleep in and then make good and do whatever I need to do for that day (Clean, run errands etc)

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    I usually spend the day in bed, reading and watching Netflix. Then, suddenly, it's 8pm and I have to get ready! It always sneaks up on me.

    Honestly, I try to do productive things before work but I'm really too lazy. I might do 30 minutes of yoga. Maybe. But 99% of the time I just pretend to be a three-toed sloth for the day.

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    ^^ This happens to me WAY too often lol.

    Here's what I should be doing so I can actually spend my time better. Take a shower/wash your face and get dressed first thing so you are ready to go and do something. The internet is a rabbit hole of wasted time for me so I need to avoid it or at least give myself a time limit; but only after I've gotten ready for the day. Putting a schedule in my life would prob do me some good as well. Planning out what your goals, chores, and activities for the week sounds like a much better way to stay on track. Maybe use one of those nifty dry erase calendars, that way you can visually see what things you need/want to accomplish the next day. That way you'll have a reason to get out of bed, get ready, and do something... That's what I should be doing... but I just woke up, got myself a bowl of cereal, and am in my pjs on stripperweb... need to break this cycle!

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    I've been sleeping until around 1pm. Then I do anything I didn't get done the day before for homework, errands, etc. Then I usually do my hair and base makeup at home.
    I go in pretty early though, I try to be on the floor around 6pm so I have to leave at 4:30 at the latest (long drive + traffic usually). I get a cheaper house fee then and sometimes I'll make half my goal before the other girls even show up.
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    I go to bed around 9am. After work I do grocery shopping and hit the gym. When I wake up I check on my pets, spot clean cages, make my lunch and shower.
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    I usually spend all day getting ready. I hate rushing so I usually shower and start on my hair and makeup around 2pm. And then when I'm inevitably done 2 hours early I screw around on the internet, eat, etc. I try to spend all my time before thinking positively and telling myself that i'll have a successful night.

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    I sleep and run errands, go to the gym and take care of my son

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie61 View Post
    What do you do during the day while you're waiting to get ready for your shift?

    It's tough to avoid the sit-around-and-think-about-work-all-day pit of hell...
    ugh I know what you mean Funny though because outside the club I am like "no no no no no" but once I am in the club I like spending time there and don't want to go home.

    I just stay busy, make plans what I'll do for the day, work on personal stuff, do house chores... if I want to curl my hair, I do that with rollers and look like a grandma for 3 hours right before leaving for the club. I make sure not to spend too much time getting ready because tbh the little details the customers won't tell/care as much as I do.


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    I have Ativan that I use very sparingly - only for after work to help me sleep in the next day (gets me back on my sleep schedule quickly). Anyway, I took half of one today to take a nap before work. It felt nice to sleep through the day and wake up for my shift. I didn't have as much time to lay around questioning whether or not I'd go in. I just woke up and started getting ready for work. That said, it felt weird to me, even though it was nice. Like, I shouldn't have to put myself to sleep on the day that I work just because staying awake results in me laying around semi-dreading going in. So it was nice, but it also made me feel odd. I wish I were one of those people who could just sleep for superlong periods without any facilitators.

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    As I wake up I to do some deep breathing/mediation.
    Oil pulling while I make the bed and then prepare my vitamins/supplements/ACV warm water.
    Cook breakfast (Sometimes I listen to a chant/spirituality video/LOA video while cooking).
    Read latest book while eating breakky; afterwards I take my dogs for a walk.
    Any chores etc
    Start getting ready for work.

    I have to constantly focus on something other than my negative feelings about work; If I am thinking of work I try and focus on the things I do like about it such as being onstage to a great song, choosing a pretty/sexy outfit to wear, spending time with appreciative customers, being a reliable "employee" by showing up and how that supports everyone else to do their work too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flickdreams View Post
    As I wake up I to do some deep breathing/mediation.
    Oil pulling while I make the bed and then prepare my vitamins/supplements/ACV warm water.
    Cook breakfast (Sometimes I listen to a chant/spirituality video/LOA video while cooking).
    Read latest book while eating breakky; afterwards I take my dogs for a walk.
    Any chores etc
    Start getting ready for work.

    I have to constantly focus on something other than my negative feelings about work; If I am thinking of work I try and focus on the things I do like about it such as being onstage to a great song, choosing a pretty/sexy outfit to wear, spending time with appreciative customers, being a reliable "employee" by showing up and how that supports everyone else to do their work too.
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    Sleep. I'm not in bed until 5...don't wake up until 2. It takes me a few hours to get ready..then it's onto my hour commute to work...the house fee and my anxiety just rise the longer I wait to go in.

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    Gym
    Park
    (Window) shopping
    Beach
    Cafes & restaurants
    Watch TV

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    We take the baby to the park, or the play area in the mall and go the grocery store almost every day. Half the day is spent waking up/taking a shower/getting ready to go somewhere. Then we get back from errands and spend the next few hours cleaning and preparing dinner. Eat, relax, watch tv, have a cup of tea and it's time to get ready for work. Between the kid, the ocd husband who needs the house to be spotless at all times and making our food (which usually involves a lot of cutting vegetables, preparing meat and rice etc), the day goes by pretty fast.

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    I can totally relate!! I lost my day job earlier this month, and If I didn't have interviews, I didn't know how I'd spend my day! I always said I'd go in earlier (like at 4), but it never happened. /: I just wasted the day pretty much. LOL now I finally have a day job but I didn't work much during the last two weeks (I also had some personal stuff going on) and I have NO IDEA when my paycheck come from my new day job... Or if it'll be enough to cover those pesky things called bills. 😄😄

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    I never actually kept track of the money I was making or planned my week before-hand, but let me tell you, since I'v started doing it it makes a hell of a difference. Life doesn't feel so chaotic and disorganized. I don't feel overwhelmed or like I'm forgetting something. I know when I'm free when people ask me what my schedule is like now. I sit down every wednesday night and take out my planner and write out my plan FOR EACH DAY for the whole week and then I feel like I am prepared for Monday. I feel like I'm wasting less time. I've also started using the weekly dry erase board so my roomates know what my schedule is too. I too, agree that spending too much time on the phone or internet is horrible. I have easily had three hours slip away and then was late to work. It's nice to keep your computer closed/screen off and turn your phone on silent. Put on some Pandora music instead and start doing what needs to get done.I won't look at my phone until i'm done with everything, and even then, I try to limit myself. Making your meals one or two nights out of the week is awesome too bc it's easy to grab your meals quickly and you're ready to go, and can bring food to work. Saves time and money... I also utilize post it notes and notebooks so I can jot notes down quickly, then I incorporate them into my planning when I sit to make my schedule. This is also nice when you have concerts coming up, so you know what nights you need to take off and buy tickets ahead of time, that way I can work an extra night that week to make up for it if I want. Works the same for taking vacations or traveling so you can visually see how much time you have until you leave and how long you'll be gone. Also, I have a note app on my phone so I can keep notes in there, grocery lists, etc. And updating your calendar in your phone after you plan your week is great too, in case you don't want to bring your planner with you or you forget it at home. Life is much easier lol Don't forget to work out and meditate! Sometimes I make time for writing in a diary or journaling, and I set time aside to plan my future and evaluate my goals (long term and short term). I try to make my appointments on the same day(s) so that I can knock everything out in one shot, and usually stick to the same days to do something every week (Monday and Wednesday work out with personal trainer, Tuesday massage, Wednesday evening guitar lessons, etc).
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    Quote Originally Posted by GothicStripper View Post
    I usually spend all day getting ready. I hate rushing so I usually shower and start on my hair and makeup around 2pm. And then when I'm inevitably done 2 hours early I screw around on the internet, eat, etc. I try to spend all my time before thinking positively and telling myself that i'll have a successful night.
    This sounds like something I should start doing, bc I am late to work 98% of the time and then i still spend two hours getting ready! I imagine i'm making a lot less than I should simply bc I'm missing the older customers that come in before the really late crowd... Great idea!
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    I work odd shifts, Sat- Day, Sun - Night, Mon - Night, Tues - Day.
    Saturdays I always wake up early enough to shower, shave, paint nails, get my hair and make up done, and cook breakfast all before my son wakes up that way i just get him fed quick and drop him off on the way to work, and be at work by 12 when we open. ( I leave my son with my mom until tuesdays after work ) I stay up till around 5 or six am Sunday mornings, that way i can sleep most of the day. I wake up around 3:30pm and thats when i start on house work, normally spend an hour doing that. Then i'll run a bath and sit and soak for a bit while im reading or watching the news on my tablet before jumping to the shower to once again, shave everything and make sure im nice and fresh. Night shifts is normally when i do my hair and make up at club. So after im all clean i just get everything i need together packed in my car and then i go back inside to make myself a dinner, and to pack a snack to bring to work with. If i have any extra time i'll just sit around and read or watch some TV untill 6:30.

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    I used to go shopping or go to the park.Shopping would make me more motivated to earn money later.

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