I danced my way through university and finished my bachelor's degree this summer! Yay! But now the hard stuff begins... See, now that I'm free to get a "real job," I really just don't want to. I'm currently very happy with the work/life balance and income afforded by dancing. My motivation to work twice as many hours for half the money is zero. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Plus, there's not anything else I'd rather be doing right now besides dancing. I served in the military and worked civilian jobs before I started dancing, and stripping has by far given me the most satisfaction (and money!) of any job I've held. The main reason I went to school was that I felt I needed a back-up plan in case something happened that prevented me from earning a living in the sex industry. I think I would be totally content to be a milfy mega-hustler when I'm like, 45. I don't really want to stop dancing unless I have to, you know?
But, in the meantime, I'm worried I'm fucking myself over by not jumping into the world of straight jobs right away. My boyfriend oversees hiring/recruiting at his company and he told me that he would be very unlikely to hire someone who was more than a year out of college without relevant work experience or internships. Obviously, school was very expensive and I don't want to make my investment essentially worthless if a degree means nothing when it's a few years old.
So... Has anyone had any similar experiences? Is it really necessary to get a resume-padding job immediately after graduation? Should I just work on creating a cover story for the time I'll have spent dancing?



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