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Trying to control an addiction

By Isabel Gomes

Home Stager with Gomes Design

July 24, 2007 01:00 PM

Well I started on AR a few months ago and it is an addicting place. All the great info and riveting discussions. I have been on everyday for a few (???) hours. Amazing how time flies by. All along struggeling to keep up with all the reading. Haven't caught up yet.

Then I said to myself, I needed to curb this addiction by limiting my visits to once or twice a week. Well there you go you miss too much when you are not on here everyday. I would have enjoyed listenening to Debra Gould on CBC. But missed the FYI that she was going to be on and all the other blogs and post that have been written. Now I am really behind.

Does anyone ever get beyond the first page?

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Terry Haugen STAGE it RIGHT! 321-956-2495

Stage it Right! - Melbourne, FL

Hi Isabel, no I usually don't get beyond the first page, mainly because I check in everyday and most of the current blogs are on the first page. Yes this place is addicting. But its a good addiction!

Jul 24, 2007 01:10 PM

Paul Viau

Nova Scotia Real Estate Blog - Halifax, NS

Nova Scotia Real Estate Blog + Photo Services

I tend to try to limit myself to a half hr in the evening if I have the time. It can be tough though. I need to get some more stuff on localism . It really does boost my ratings big time. Hey -There are worst addictions!

Jul 24, 2007 01:31 PM

Kimberly Uksik

Independent - Pickering, ON

Home Stager - Durham, Toronto, On.

I log on first thing in the morning and read away. I usually don't log back in during the day. I found like you I was wasting valuable hours away that I could have been using to move my business forward.

~Kimberly~

Jul 24, 2007 10:51 PM

Juliet Johnson

Vizzitopia - St Johns, FL

Jacksonville Photography & Digital Marketing

Yeah, I'm starting to find I spend more time here when I could be doing other things. I am only half way thru the new Harry Potter. (Normally, I'd be done by day 2) My desk is a mess and there's inventory all over the dining room again. <sigh>

Jul 24, 2007 11:58 PM

Marci Toliver

438-4642 - Mauldin, SC

Anderson SC, Spartanburg,Greenville SC, Home Staging

Isabel, I recommend subscribing to bloggers that you enjoy reading! I always start there and then I come and see whats going on in the group!

Jul 25, 2007 12:41 AM

Sharon Kreighbaum

Staged Makeovers - Hudson, OH

www.stagedmakeovers.com

My assistant and I are faced with the same dilemma. We try to limit our AR time to one hour a day but it is so addictive! I rationalize the time spent with the fact that we learn so much about the staging industry and what's going on. I feel it time well spent.

Jul 25, 2007 07:36 AM

Isabel Gomes

Gomes Design - London, ON

Interior Decorator, Stager - London, Ont

Terry, I thought I was the only one that didn't get beyond the first page. Thanks for letting me know.

Paul and Marci, I need to learn more about localism and bloggers. Paul it must be very hard to stick to 1/2 hour.

Kimberely and Sharon I can empathize completely. I think I am going to have to set up an office with no internet connection.

Juliette - lol. You're one step ahead of me. I haven't started reading it yet. But I just picked it up.

Jul 25, 2007 07:46 AM

Stephanie Heron

Dressing Rooms LLC - Scottsdale, AZ

Weeber - Dressing Rooms

Isabel - I agree you miss so much if you stay away for too long - I just had family staying for 3 weeks (!) and I did not have much spare time to read or comment. I am still catching up - so I have decided to visit each day but limit my time here - its a bit like a diet:)

Stephanie

Jul 25, 2007 09:00 AM

Sheryl Delorme

Special Effects Staging & Decorating - Belleville, ON

Hi Isabel:

Thanks to you I am now addicted to the rain also. I find myself rushing home everyday just to check out the latest comment, or the latest blog, and it's all your fault for informing me about it. I find myself reading blog after blog until i'm cross eyed, but I love it. I do try to limit my addiction to only a half hour. Okay, so I'm lying. I did receive my first contact with a client because of the rain. My god I was so high, my husband had to hold me down (haha). I am unfortunately still waiting for that client to contact me, but that's o.k because I'm just happy that something is finally happening. So thank you Isabel for creating a monster. I owe you one.

Sheryl Delorme

Jul 25, 2007 11:13 AM

Isabel Gomes

Gomes Design - London, ON

Interior Decorator, Stager - London, Ont

Stephanie, next time you'll have to tell your family they can only come for a few days (haha). Did you go through separation anxiety during that time?

Jul 25, 2007 01:15 PM

Susan Buchanan

harvey & associates realty - Taos, NM

But don't ya just love this? What better way to spend the evening and I am learning so much about staging and blogging. Sure beats watching television!

Jul 25, 2007 01:18 PM

Isabel Gomes

Gomes Design - London, ON

Interior Decorator, Stager - London, Ont

Sheryl. That is too funny. I think we all seem to experience the AR high. It's great that you made a contact here.

Jul 25, 2007 01:21 PM

Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Talk about and addiction I am up north in a trailer park (they have a wireless network) and here I am out outside standing with my laptop on the lid of the pick up catching up on the rain. I suppose I could walk down closer to the hub and get a better signal but this works for now.

Aug 11, 2007 12:39 PM

Tara Boettger

HOMEGIRL Home Staging - Poughkeepsie, NY

I have been on for a month and I am on it 3-4 times a day! I look at it as Continuing Education, I have to justify it to myself in some way!

Aug 11, 2007 02:06 PM