I don't talk about my personal life or finances too often, but today felt like a good day to do that considering the circumstances and to give a big thank you to the clients that I've seen that helped me get to this point.
Nearly five years ago, I was trying to figure out how to make room in my budget to save money. Through the many people I found on the internet to try to make my financial life better, one unique marketing guy mentioned professional cuddling in passing on his blog. I immediately went to Google to find out if this was a real thing. Within two weeks I had my first client (it would have been less than a week had I not got into a car accident that messed up my back a bit almost immediately after I applied).
No way did I expect back then for this work to become my fulltime job and for me to be so deeply in love with being with people through professional cuddling, but that's exactly what happened after an awkward situation with my engineering job forced me to quit. I decided to go full force with this cuddle thing and see what would happen.
No way did I expect my cuddle practice to reach a tipping point that carried into March of this year. I really worked my butt off on reducing my debt last year, paying off quite a few debts and consolidating to one 0% intro APR. Because of the many clients I helped and worked with, I had enough proof of income to get decent unemployment checks.
Today, despite the craziness that has been the pandemic, I paid off the last of my credit card debt. I have been deep in credit card debt since early 2014 (I want to shake 24-year-old me for being such an idiot with money), and I thought I would never get out of debt and build a sustainable financial future back then. Yes, I still have student loans to take care of, but credit cards are no longer a burden breathing down my neck with high interest rates and I feel so relieved.
I know many people complain about the prices for sessions here often, but I really do believe that the prices I charge make it possible for me to pour into my clients and really give of myself to them without having to worry about my finances in the process. This work is real work, and the money you give to your professional cuddler makes a huge difference in their life. It's certainly made a huge difference in mine.
Thank you!