I traded my 9-to-5 for OnlyFans — I'm working harder with more hours than ever before: ‘If I don't, I'm f–ked'
The 35-year-old sex worker was making over $80,000 working a corporate job but she found it completely uninspiring.
'The worst part is having to be at the exact same place at the same exact time every single day,' she told news.com.au.
'It was like Groundhog Day.'
Sitting at a desk all day made Ms Lynx feel 'stir-crazy', claiming she was expected to just stare at her computer screen until 5pm.
'The work was monotonous and boring. I felt like I was on somebody else's time and making someone else's money,' she said.
Alix Lynx ditched her full-time job for OnlyFans.
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At one point in her career, the 35-year-old, who has over 2 million followers on Instagram, had a social media job. However, she became disheartened after constantly having her good ideas squashed by her boss.
'I hate being told what to do when it is coming from someone who I know doesn't know as much as I do about a certain thing,' she said.
'I didn't like having to smile and nod and say 'yes', when inside I felt like I had other ideas and we could have done certain things better.
'That is when I realized, 'Oh, I need to be my own boss'.'
Ms Lynx ended up joining OnlyFans. She creates X-rated content online, and even though she enjoys the work more, she actually believes it is tougher than a 9-5 grind.
'It is so much harder,' she said.
'The difference is that it is something that I love to do. So it really does not feel like work, but don't get me wrong, it is harder because I have to think on my feet all the time.'
Ms Lynx said her work is no longer boring and the same every day; now, she's constantly having to think of new ideas.
'Every day is a brand new day and I don't always know what's going to happen. But that's what makes it exciting,' she explained.
'The more I work, the smarter I work, the more successful I am.'
The 35-year-old pointed out that she's now always motivated to succeed because 'no one is coming to save me' because it is her business.
She also uses her 'brain so much' more now because she's constantly coming up with creative ideas.
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'There is always a fire under my ass. At the end of the day, this is my business, this is my career. No one's coming to save me. So if I don't work hard, I'm f–ked,' she said.
'All the weight is on me, all the pressure is on me, and if I don't do well, that's on me. No one else.'
She also uses her 'brain so much' more now because she's constantly coming up with creative ideas.
'There's always some challenge I never expected that I've got to work through. It's a lot,' Ms Lynx said.
'As a business owner, I'm wearing a bunch of hats. I'm overseeing everything, I'm contacting my publicist, I've got graphic design meetings, I'm working on branding stuff.
'I'm chatting with other creators, planning out scenes, figuring out what kind of scenes we want to shoot, co-ordinating schedules, planning social media content, when we're posting, what we're posting. I'm constantly steering my brand and my business in the direction I want it to go.'
She said she feels like her life has 'meaning now' because she's in charge of her own success and creativity.
That does mean that the days of finishing work at 5pm are behind her; she doesn't have a set finish time anymore.
'I'm pretty much on from the moment I open my eyes to the time I go to bed. It's hard to put an exact number on how many hours I work a week, definitely more than 40,' she said.
For Ms Lynx, deciding how much she works is hard because she recognises it depends on what other people define as work.
Is it work when she's on the phone with her graphic designer mapping out her next move? Is it work when she's taking a personal development course with hopes it'll make her a better business owner?
'I'm always doing something, weekends, Sundays … I work through it all,' she said.
'Though I do try to carve out at least one full day a week to completely unplug, just to recharge.
'I didn't always do that, but I've realized how important it is.'
It has gotten to the point where the Onlyfans star admitted she has a hard time if she's not working.
'I feel like I'm wasting time if I'm not doing something productive. I optimise my time a lot,' she said.
'I order groceries and eat the same meals daily so I don't waste time on little decisions.'
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