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    Default camathons or a few hours per day?

    Just curious how you prefer to work? Do you prefer to do a few days a week working a ton of hours or work almost every day just for a few hours? I think I prefer the mega days because I dont have to get ready as many times in a week and I feel like it gives guys the chance to miss me if I'm not on every day.
    I didn't make it a poll because I'm curious about more detailed answers/your reasoning

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    Default Re: camathons or a few hours per day?

    I prefer to work fewer hours buuuuuut I tend to camathon due to taking that to the extreme and procrastinating until thats my only option.

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    Default Re: camathons or a few hours per day?

    I do a combination of both.

    On weekly builds up that consistency and then doing bigger working days make sure I top up my goal.

    I'll add that my new schedule right now is 9am to 12pm then 3pm to 6 or 7pm then 9pm to 12am if I need to but done by 7pm and gives me time to get ready for the boyfriend he does marathon sex.

    Then if I didn't work the full week as schedule I have to make for up it with longer hours 3 to 4 hours til I make what I need.

    but I also have no kids and just a boyfriend that comes over when he feels like it and I have gap in the day time for 3 hours or so for errands, doctor appointments
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    I do 6 hrs a day 5 days a week. I have to stream daytime hrs for my mental health so it's 6 in one shot. I need 2 days off so this schedule works. I have to finish camming by 6:30pm central time as my nightly wind down takes 2+ hrs. & I need 9 hrs rest a night to function best. The morning hours are used for reflection, positive affirmations, yoga/meditation, breakfast, gym, & odd chores. So my shift is 11:30am-6:30pm.

    I find spreading it out over several days easiest to handle. & with evenings out of the question, streaming 10-12 hrs without a hefty break seems like emotional suicide.

    But if I could swing a 5 hr day shift then later a 5 hr evening shift so I can have 4 days off...fuuuuuuuck I'd be ON it.
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    Default Re: camathons or a few hours per day?

    I physically cant take shifts longer than about 4 hours, so I do about 4 shifts/week. I tried to do longer or more shifts in a week but it doesnt seem to work for me. Plus I burnout easily so in the long run its better for me to do fewer hours on cam but keep the consistency.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazelcam View Post
    I prefer to work fewer hours buuuuuut I tend to camathon due to taking that to the extreme and procrastinating until thats my only option.
    This is me all over. My business model is: hot mess. Wish I had the brain to be structured but I wasn't born that way so I do what I can. Thankfully I found my niche and I've built some customer base after some years but yea... not the best at consistency.

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    This being said, my ideal cam day is 2 shifts of 3 hours each, 5 times a week. I find 4 hours of straight camming difficult, 3 is the golden number for me. So, I'd do 11am-2pm, break for food, then 3pm-6pm, or, if I wanna work evenings, 3pm-6pm, break for food, and 8pm-midnight. At the moment I'm doing what I can cause I've been under a lot of stress so getting on at all has been my only goal x

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    i guess i work longer shifts (6-8hrs) with one 15 minute break 4-6 times per week. I mostly indie cam so the long hours are necessary for my to hit my high goal. I am going to start live streaming on big box daily again soon around 3hrs per day on top of my 6-8. We'll see how that goes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ladybuggie View Post
    At the moment I'm doing what I can cause I've been under a lot of stress so getting on at all has been my only goal x
    That is my strategy right now too, lol.
    Usually I find it very hard to stay on longer than 4 hours, and the harder it becomes the later in the day that is. I am at my best in the mornings, and I rather work less without days off than longer hours with days off. But I sure get burned out and I still need days off. I am complicated. Maybe because I really am not myself when camming, and that takes a big toll on me, eats up all my energy.
    I remember when I used to work nights, I would spend all my day trying to "save" some energy for the work time, and in general feeling bad about having to get on cam. When I do it in the mornings its easier, I am still not completely awake so I dont think ))

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panthera View Post
    That is my strategy right now too, lol.
    Usually I find it very hard to stay on longer than 4 hours, and the harder it becomes the later in the day that is. I am at my best in the mornings, and I rather work less without days off than longer hours with days off. But I sure get burned out and I still need days off. I am complicated. Maybe because I really am not myself when camming, and that takes a big toll on me, eats up all my energy.
    I remember when I used to work nights, I would spend all my day trying to "save" some energy for the work time, and in general feeling bad about having to get on cam. When I do it in the mornings its easier, I am still not completely awake so I dont think ))
    That sounds a lot like me, actually. I am well complicated.
    I always aim for that morning shift cause the earliest I get stuck into the work, and get a taste of the money, the more upbeat I get and the easiest is to complete my hours. If I'm stressed and worried and don't get on cam until later I am worried about not being online already and that just makes it worse: can't relax before, and when I'm done if I manage to get online late, I'm exhausted and the day is over.
    I'd blame myself, but to be honest it's hard to work from home and be your own boss when you have ADHD and are unmedicated most of the time. I also have a sick partner that has been dependent on me for a year (hopefully not much more now! he's getting his own hustle going) and a half now so I am under a lot of stress. Pretty proud of myself, alll things considered. Just gotta hang in there! x

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ladybuggie View Post
    That sounds a lot like me, actually. I am well complicated.
    I always aim for that morning shift cause the earliest I get stuck into the work, and get a taste of the money, the more upbeat I get and the easiest is to complete my hours. If I'm stressed and worried and don't get on cam until later I am worried about not being online already and that just makes it worse: can't relax before, and when I'm done if I manage to get online late, I'm exhausted and the day is over.
    I'd blame myself, but to be honest it's hard to work from home and be your own boss when you have ADHD and are unmedicated most of the time. I also have a sick partner that has been dependent on me for a year (hopefully not much more now! he's getting his own hustle going) and a half now so I am under a lot of stress. Pretty proud of myself, alll things considered. Just gotta hang in there! x

    ADD here too, sick partner here too, only that mine has been like that for a very long time (very bad histamine intolerance, and there's no real treatment for that yet). 8 years old kid as well, so I am the only breadwinner for 3 people and a cat.
    I know perfectly how you feel and I command you for your strength. The stress is huge but I am doing a pretty good job at not thinking about it, or else, Im doomed Eckhart Tolle with his "The Power of Now" pretty much saved my life. But that philosophy still only works 100% for me in the mornings. As the day goes by, I start thinking.... Now I am doomed to working from 5-6 PM to 9 PM so.. it's not easy.

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    Oh that's what I liked about working early mornings.. to tired to think of their wretched souls..lol

    Quote Originally Posted by Panthera View Post
    That is my strategy right now too, lol.
    Usually I find it very hard to stay on longer than 4 hours, and the harder it becomes the later in the day that is. I am at my best in the mornings, and I rather work less without days off than longer hours with days off. But I sure get burned out and I still need days off. I am complicated. Maybe because I really am not myself when camming, and that takes a big toll on me, eats up all my energy.
    I remember when I used to work nights, I would spend all my day trying to "save" some energy for the work time, and in general feeling bad about having to get on cam. When I do it in the mornings its easier, I am still not completely awake so I dont think ))

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ladybuggie View Post
    This being said, my ideal cam day is 2 shifts of 3 hours each, 5 times a week. I find 4 hours of straight camming difficult, 3 is the golden number for me. So, I'd do 11am-2pm, break for food, then 3pm-6pm, or, if I wanna work evenings, 3pm-6pm, break for food, and 8pm-midnight. At the moment I'm doing what I can cause I've been under a lot of stress so getting on at all has been my only goal x
    That literally sounds like my exact situation lately so I feel like I relate there! A couple of months ago I was beating myself up because I wasn't being consistent enough and creating the opposite effect and doing far too little.

    I've had a very intense couple of weeks recently and now I've given myself a time to aim to be on by, along with an amount of hours to aim for each day, but my main focus is just to actually get on and ideally hit my minimum-mid range target.

    It's taking a lot of pressure off me working that way and I'm doing better for it. So when things have calmed down and I've got my normal day to day routine back etc, I'm going to start focusing on working to a set schedule everyday/week that works for me and gradually increasing my earnings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ladybuggie View Post
    I'd blame myself, but to be honest it's hard to work from home and be your own boss when you have ADHD and are unmedicated most of the time.
    Sorry if this is unwarranted advice, but having my ADHD properly medicated was the absolute best thing I've ever done for camming. tbh i put it off for years and i desperately wish i hadn't. I don't lollygag like i used to, put things off way less, and can actually make a list of things to do and stick to it without getting side tracked (which was damn near impossible before). My income also shot up substantially once the dosage was right. might be worth calling your dr and seeing if you can get your meds adjusted.

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    My ideal schedule would be 4-6 hours/day, 4 or 5 days per week, day time hours.

    But due to my ADHD and lack of discipline, I always end up forced to do long camathons to make large amounts of $$ at the last second.

    It's stressful and annoying but I can't seem to stop my bad habits. And I'm medicated! lol.

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    Default Re: camathons or a few hours per day?

    it kinda depends tbh, I tend to just cam when my partners in work, which is less hours then more at the weekend

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    I have worked all different kinds of schedules.. I get bored after awhile.. Currently I am trying to do 8 hours a day 5 days a week , before that it was 4 days a week for 10 hours a day... etc etc

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    thanks for the responses everyone. I do feel that working every single day lessens anxiety because it means you only have to hit smaller goals. currently in camathon mode due to poor planning and I don't want to go through this again lol

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    ^^Ironically, I broke my own rule and streamed after midnight today and I'm logging 8.5 hrs. I slept poorly yesterday and couldn't cam my 6 hr day shift. I slept during the day then hopped on after midnight to log a few hrs and I'm back at it today because I have to hit my hrs goal to meet Sept monthly income goal.

    So...we are in the same boat LOL.

    Edit: streamed 10.5 which is a camathon for me.
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    Camathon. Days/weeks with no camming then 20 hours at once lol.
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    I do 4pm-midnight my time from saturday through wednesday and maybe a couple hours on thursdays (which is basically 8am-4pm eastern US time). over the 8 hour shift, i am on a good 5 hours and am able to routinely make my low goal, and even surpass my high goal at least 2-3 times per week

    i take a 2 hour dinner from 7-9 and break every single hour for a few minutes. i would totally fail doing camathons. i think I would be too stressed for that and then not be able to work for days at a time, turning it into a vicious cycle of not working, stressing, working a shit ton.

    i like routine, so this really works for me.




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    I don't do camathon, I do Hoe-a-thon. That means I will stay on and hoe for as long as I can when it's busy and the money is flowing in.

    I'm not gonna stay on for hours for pennies. It's not good for my mental health.
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    I used to treat camming like my corporate job that I used to have.
    Worked 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Pushed myself.
    I didn't realize that camming like that, is equivalent to working 20 hour days.
    Like being on stage for endless hours, always having to be ' on'.
    Big mistake.
    Huge, actually.
    I burned out.
    Now, I will only cam if it's busy.
    Too many health issues have cropped up which prevents me from being on cam for endless hours.

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    I feel ya.. this 40 hours on cam really blows... most of my camming career I worked 30 hours max... I dunno what happened... I wake up later? I am fatter? older? broker clients? but I have to work 40 hours plus to pay the bills the right now.

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    I used to treat camming like my corporate job that I used to have.
    Worked 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Pushed myself.
    I didn't realize that camming like that, is equivalent to working 20 hour days.
    Like being on stage for endless hours, always having to be ' on'.
    Big mistake.
    Huge, actually.
    I burned out.
    Now, I will only cam if it's busy.
    Too many health issues have cropped up which prevents me from being on cam for endless hours.

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    I am fine tuning the balance of the vanilla job & camming. I cam for 3-4 hours a few days a week after my 8 hour shift with the vanilla, just depends on my workday. Saturday I will do 8 hours though, unless i have some fun plans. Sundays are hit or miss, if I have a high goal for myself that week I will do 5 hours. I try and take a couple nights off during the week for myself, so I don't burn myself out.

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