Everyone that looks back probably remembers the time when they could have zigged instead of zagged from a career point of view.  That time in your life that if you had decided to stay in school, or majored in the field you really wanted, or prepped really well for that interview; that you might really have gone down a different path from a career point of view.  And I don't mean "yeah I always wanted to be an astronaut for NASA"; I mean where you had some true talent and ability, could have gotten into that school to study whatever, and truly had a reasonable shot at ending up in another profession.

I don't see too many providers regretting choosing this path as long as they had a long term game plan. Many more are part time and have 9-5 jobs. I mean... Who ever became a serious provider I doubt they would tell u this wasn't a good career choice.

I'm not going that way.

I wouldn't be able to afford to do what I REALLY love/want to do, if it were not for providing. I also wouldn't have enough time/energy if I were working a full-time job.  

I had a career, served my country, furthered my education, served my community,raised a family.....
But if I could have chosen another career, I would have been in advertising/marketing. And I would never trade this hobby for anything. It's what keeps me younger, healthier, taller and independent.

Most people have options in life.  The common theme in P4P with prostitutes is that when a zig to the right would have been the more correct option, most ignore this and go left.  Ends up with a kid, or lazy BF/SO.  So here they are trying their best to survive.

Takes one to know one, right? lol

And yes, I am a product of the sum of all parts, omg what a friggin nerd I am. But I am what I am and that's OK.

Is not having gotten into this career sooner ;

I completely agree Ava!  I made a conscious decision to become a provider and it wasn't out of desperation or lack of any alternatives.  I felt enslaved in corporate America and I now feel liberated, sexier than ever and actually balanced!

Not sure why you make it sound like some negative last resort and that once your a provider every other talent is gone.....but....as for me I'm going to school to be a  physical therapist.... Which I already am in a way 😉😁 but I also have 2 other small businesses And if I ever get the time I would like to be a social media manager/marketer as well.....but I love what I do and the fact I don't have to rush through school struggling financially...I take my time at my own pace and life is good 😊 so as far me....I chose it and enjoy it...

I graduated from college, got married, had kids.  I started this as a fantasy. NOT to say there have not been bumps along the way, but all in all... I STILL am living that fantasy. I get to make people happy for a living, bathe in their pleasure, and get to also revel in mine.  Who can beat that?

till this really feels like work I am certain I will stay.  The profession in enjoyable from many standpoints and I have made some amazing friends here that I am sure will remain long after I eventually choose my exit.  While no this is not something every little girl dreams about becoming and it certainly is not right for everyone, it is not a last option unless you make it one.  

How?  Maybe because this career keeps you on your back a lot and your spine is less compressed?  LOL!  Just teasing.

I agree whole-heartedly that I only regret not getting into providing sooner.  I spent a solid 8 years stripping, which was loads of fun and profitable, but mentally and physically exhausting!  Not to mention, at the time, the clubs I worked in allowed indoor smoking--pew!  

I would have got my degree in Business Management with a minor in Finance instead of the degree I got which is a bachelors of interdisciplinary studies: Spa Management and Wellness Foundation concentration. The Bachelors I got is so limiting career wise. I let the college advisor talk me into that degree and it was basically a waste of time. But it is true I would like to be a Spa Director someday, I love resort spas. Unfortunately at my size, the spas here in Phoenix won't hire me. They are all about aesthetics. A degree in business management with a finance minor would have gone a lot further for me.

In the gym and all over the wonderful guys I meet
I have pencil marks on my kitchen wall to prove it!

I was a figure skater when I was younger and had every intention of that being my career.  

My personality would have been suited to it, I have a photographic memory for names, dates, case history, I like order and rules and the concept of justice and fairness,  I can stand up in front of any amount of people and speak articulately, I got a scholarship to an all girls school in the UK - where I'm from and found academic work easy BUT there's another side to my personality that needs freedom, flexibility, travel, excitement, that rails against authority and wants to surf, laugh, be uplifted and embrace the joy of life and I worked out that for me, that side outweighed the serious, academic side.

I love what I do and it is bringing me closer to my future goal which includes college education (with no loans) but still in the same field just one that is not talked about....... Not all who do this,  regret it or just for Money.  
It might seem easy but it's not,  yet I enjoy it and would not change a thing.

Carolina,  I know that you have worked in different capacities during the course of your life.  How have these different roles made you a better person and a better provider?  I am thinking that they made you think about others before yourself.  You also learned about how to assume other roles which also made you adept to relate to another's needs.  Finally the budgeting aspect gave you some inroads into being a business woman which also makes the transition to being a provider easier as well.

Claire, just wondering when did you learn about yourself in terms of what environments that you flourish best in?  Was there one incident or time that was defining for you in exhibiting what you didn't want and what you did want?  Finally was the mental health field a place where it still spoke to you academically but also had flexibility because no two cases of behavior was the same and would that be also synonomous with your personality as it speaks to the flexibility of your position?