How many percent of your income on dancing ?

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dancingirldancing

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Mine is about 10%

I do feel really guily, but it is about the only think that makes me happy .....

I am getting this guilty feeling about spending so much on lessons (3 privates, (1 with DH, 1 latin and 1 standard) and 2 group classes per week).

I need these lesson though as I am thinking of competing.

I am having the headache thinking about the cost...esp when I add it up.

The yearly cost is probably the same cost of a small car.

We are on good income so it is not like I am starving BUT we of couse have other priorities like mortgage. I COULD be paying my house faster...

This is not even counting comp costs.

Anyone else in the same boat ? Sorry to ramble.
 
About 60%

I struggle by with other things such as food and when I need to spend money on gifts etc on the other 40% - thankfully I have low rent, and low living expenses since I’m always at the dance studio anyway.


My partner keeps up with me, so it’s all good.
 
75% of my wage on dancing probably. But then again I'm only 18 and have no other bills or commitments to afford (apart from credit cards, which are only used for dancing things anyway)!
 
I'm about 40%. Besides paying expenses, I still have to put a little bit of money into savings every month.
 
50% for me which I struggle but then again, I don't want to give up dancing........
Need a better pay job >__<
 
Depends on what you consider "income."

About 9% of my take-home pay.
About 5% of my gross pay.

About 7% of household take-home pay (mine and DH's combined).
No clue what percent of household gross pay it would be, since I don't know what DH actually makes.
 
Heh, I'll just say 20% as a rough guess for this year, but that's just a rough guess on lessons. Doesn't include coachings, comps, spectator tickets, shoes, etc. :)
 
That's undergoing a big evolution for me in 2008, as I used to take all my privates with CCP at one studio and compete am 3-6 times/yr. Now I'm still doing that but also taking privates by myself at another studio and trying a pro-am comp.

Like for Peaches, it also depends whether we are talking about what percent of my personal salary, our joint income, or joint income plus other cash coming in. If we take the higher number, I guess I'm spending around 10%.

Unlike some of you young people, we do have a lot of other expense areas, including mortgage (but that will be paid off IN FULL in 2017--woohoo!), retirement savings (my employer contributes 5% automatically then will match my contribution up to another 5% so of course I maximize that), child in private school (Montessori, $9050 this year), $450/month into her college fund, child clothes/activities/etc. But dh and I have gotten some nice raises over the years...and it's certainly easier to finance a one-child family.

RE: dancingirldancing's comparison of dancing to drugs, I want to run with that analogy. I have started to tell myself that the individual lessons/pro-am is no more expensive than having a midlife crisis and going into psychotherapy. So here's my new thesis: dance is our pro-active way of staving off depression, rather than paying a therapist $XXX for 45 min sessions and another XX/month to the drug companies. I'm starting to think maybe Blue Cross should be covering this... ;) ;) ;)
 
I genuinely have no idea. My income varies wildly and I almost certainly spend more than I should. I would probably get off cheaper with a minor drug habit. However, as if I were not dancing I would pack up and move back to Michigan and wind up completely unemployed and REALLY living off my parents, I feel it's a even trade.
 
I think with just lessons, coachings and the three comps I did (two cheapo am/am and 1 pro/am), I spent about 20% of my gross income on dancing. Hoping to increase it come September.
 
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