My Real Hourly Escorting Rate





After recently reading “Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Doing More” (Who doesn't like a good book on personal development?), I became interested in the idea of ​​tracking time. The writer, Laura Vanderkam, encourages readers to track how they spend their time, in 15-minute increments for at least two weeks.


The idea is to know where your time is actually going. We've all made the "I don't have time" excuse. But do we really not have the time? Or are we just spending our time ineffective?


As a freelance escort, I only get paid for the time I spend face to face with clients. Before I began this experience, I knew my job had other things in it - I answered inquiries, prepared and cleaned my workroom for reservations, travel to hotels, did my laundry, filed my taxes, update my ads and website, etc.


He has no idea how much time I spent doing these things. So the idea of ​​tracking time piqued my interest. I wanted to know on earth where my 168 hours went every week. I have committed to keeping track of time for a month. At first, it felt as though tracking every 15 minutes was overkill and would take half of my day. But after the first day, it became a habit. Every few hours, I would check in and record what I had done with the calendar app on my iPhone. It took no time at all. At the end of the month, I was shocked by my findings.


I discovered that for every hour I spend face-to-face with a client, I spend another hour doing other work-related tasks. This means that for every hour that I get paid, I spend another hour working without being paid. This means that my hourly rate is basically half of what it gets advertised (even considering my expenses and taxes). This was really shocking to me, and I'm surprised that I didn't pay more attention to this disparity.


The most interesting thing is that I felt that tracking my time made me more efficient. I used to fall prey to post-bunking slump syndrome (you know when you lay in bed after booking and spend an awkward amount of time scrolling through Twitter instead of cleaning). But tracking my time stopped this behaviour immediately - I didn't want to write that I wasted an hour without doing anything. I put on less delay and get work (off bookings) more quickly.


I hate to think about the rate I'm using per hour before a time tracking app. And I hate to think about my hourly rate before I delete all social media for my work! I used to spend a lot of time scrolling and interacting with clients (why? Lower hourly rate? No thanks). It also felt as if I discovered a secret cheat code to earn more for less work. Now that I know how many hours I spend working outside of reservations, I can monitor and reduce that number.


Reducing the time spent performing administrative tasks will automatically increase your hourly wages - I'll be paid the same for less work. Try keeping track of time. It doesn't have to be a big production. Create a separate calendar on your phone and connect your data every few hours. You may be surprised at what you find.