by Cassie Howard | Aug 8, 2016 | Making Money |
12 years ago I entered the adult industry as a “cam girl”. Every day, I would spend my time taking my clothes off for strangers, in exchange for gifts and cash. It was unpredictable, but I found it thrilling and fun, so I did it for years, until I “upgraded” to becoming a “solo girl”, which meant I had my own website that was updated with new content almost daily. Members paid a monthly fee to receive photos, videos, journal entries, and live webcams of myself and myself & my then boyfriend (now husband). I made a ton of money doing this, and I also truly loved it. I live for the thrill and “porn” (if you want to call it that) is certainly thrilling. But it did come with quite a bit of negativity. I was always brought up to believe that nudity and sex were private and not something you shared with the world, so I didn’t tell anyone what I did. Of course, my immediate family found out and they were NOT happy. There was a lot of negativity. I learned early on that I had to trust my gut, to be who I am, regardless of who disagrees, and to do what made me happy and feel alive. So I did. Eventually my family gave up trying to convince me I was ruining my life. I was able to live as my true self, and when I did, my business took off and soon I was featured on some of the top websites in the biz. After a few years, I got bored of the industry...
