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What do Home Stagers and Major League Baseball Players have in Common?

By
Home Stager with Sensational Home Staging

Baseball

Well it certainly is not our annual multi-million dollar contracts . . . or the papparazzi that follow us around! LOL

But seriously . . . I was out to dinner with my husband and friends and saw a game on TV.  We were seated at the bar waiting for our table, and people were shouting and yelling for their preferred team.

I said hello to the man seated next to me - he looked to be in his mid-50's - and as he watched the game he sort of whimsically said, "You know - those guys really have it great.  They get to do something they have loved since childhood and make money at it." 

Hmmm.

So I turned to him and said, "Well I may not make the multi-million dollar annual contracts of the baseball players, but I get to do something I love and have been passionate about since I was young."

He was intrigued - I told him about Home Staging, and found out he was an engineer (boring - to me anyway) and from the environmental business arena (where I used to work) . . .

Think about it - it's true.  As Home Stagers, we get to use our creativity that we've had since we were very young, and make money and have a life because of it. 

Most people (including me) were taught to get educated, get a good job, pay bills, and pursue something that helped make enough money to support the lifestyle we want.

When I found Home Staging as a viable business, it opened my eyes and my life to the possibilities of doing something I really enjoy.  I hope to teach my kids that their passions are worth pursuing - and there are ways to make income doing something they love not just doing something for money. 

There is a difference, as most of us know.  Any of us that have ever worked for someone else doing something we really did not enjoy can attest to this truth.

I think there are many people that are following their passions and doing things they truly enjoy.  The true test is to ask ourselves, "Do I see myself doing this for the rest of my life and if so, will I be happy?"

The best part of all is that we CAN earn good money as a Home Stager - it totally depends on how we build our business.  We can be successful, we can even have "fans."

Home Run for Home Staging!

- Jennie

Posted by

Jennie Norris, ASP Master, IAHSP-Premier, SRS, REO, Owner & Principal Stager, Sensational Home Staging serving the Greater Denver region

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Judith Abbott
Coldwell Banker Residential - Dallas, TX

What you are talking about is being passionate about what it is that you do.  It doesn't matter what type of work a person does, if they are passionate about it, that work will generate enough money to support them.....

Apr 08, 2011 04:33 AM
Cheryl Holy
Rooms Reborn Certified Homestager - Waco, TX
Home staging & Redesign

Love the article.  My sentiments exactly.  I love my job.

Apr 08, 2011 04:38 AM
Janet Jones
Just Your Style Interiors, LLC - Kihei, HI
Home Staging, Interior Redesign Kihei, Maui, Hawaii

Jeannie--That is exactly how I feel.  I have run other companies, but I love, love, love staging and redesign.  It never feels like work to me. 

Apr 08, 2011 09:53 PM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Jeannie, I agree 100%! I just love creating plans for houses and seeing them come together!

May 12, 2011 06:18 AM