Welcome to the Real World

When I first started "dancing" I actually didn't "dance" much, I did private parties. Of course, I only worked on the weekends and started to realize quickly in my "normal job" how messed up the whole stripper lifestyle was. **(Side note: private parties are a whole different ball game than working in a club...like day and night)**

Then after working in a club for just a couple weekends, I moved to Maui...where the closest club was an hour plane ride away. To go dance for the weekend I would have had to make a grand just to break even; which is totally doable...But, after two VERY unsuccessful weekends in clubs previously, I knew it was VERY unlikely that I wouldn't. I wasn't willing to risk safety and that much money.

After a year in Maui, I finally moved to a town that has the perfect club for me. There's little bullshit (compared to other establishments) there. I tried for over a month to find a "real job" and was again, unsuccessful. I decided to make dancing my full time job, and hold very part time jobs to keep up the resume.

So here I am...Currently, I'm making enough money to support my husband and I and only working 4 nights a week. I spend my "free time" working 3 other VERY part time jobs (we're talking a few hours of work a week), practicing writing, working on other long term projects, and of course taking care of a household. My life is pretty f*cking easy compared to a lot of people who are working "real jobs".

In response to people who criticize full time dancers for their lack of work ethic, ambition, or whatever: at least we have the time and the funds to pursue other things in life. It's a means to an end, as cliché as that sounds. I spent almost 10 years working in the "real world", and where did it land me??? At the local gentlemen's club ;)


My goals are so focused now, and I don't think I would have been able to hone in on them if I was still working my "real jobs". I spent too much time focusing on those jobs, and not about the fact that my life generally sucked and I had no time.


So this is my world now...and at this point, I couldn't be happier about it.