Opening it up

I started reading my book about owning a salon. When I got to the part about how much money they make I wasn't sure I wanted to do it anymore. They said the average salon owner makes $50,000 a year. I want to make more money and I sat there for a while thinking about what I wanted to do. I decided this is what I want to do. That's only the average, I could be above average and make more than that. If I work hard and make my salon one of a kind, it will be easy to make more money. I'm not going to give up on something I love just because the average person in that career doesn't make as much money as I want.

I realized reading this book would really help me understand what it would be like to own the salon and choices I'd have to make. I decided I'd want my salon to be in a beautiful location, not just in the middle of a city or something. I want my salon to have a good view from the windows so people will want to keep coming back and it will be relaxing for them.

I want my salon to be different and have personality. I don't want a boring, generic salon. My salon will have color, instead of just black and white everywhere. I don't want the color theme to be brown, I want it to be bright. When people come there I want them to remember it and want to come back not only because of how great our salon is, but how fun it is. When I walk into a salon and it's just same old, same old, nothing sticks in my head about it. Nothing makes me want to go back there again and again. The people who work at my salon will be welcoming and never make you feel out of place. Just because it will be a fun and welcoming environment, doesn't mean my stylists will be unprofessional. There will be punishment for unprofessional things done at my salon. I want people to feel welcome and at home, not uncomfortable.

I know I'll have to work in salons before I open mine, so I can learn some things about it first hand. I think it will make more sense learning it when it's right before your eyes and you're a part of it instead of just reading about it. I will need practice before I open it up. I'll need to learn what sets a good salon apart from a bad salon or even an average salon. I'll learn all the little things I wouldn't learn through the book. I'll learn tricks and easier ways to do things, even the best way to do things.

I don't expect my salon to be a huge success right when I open it. I do, however, expect it to be a huge success after a few years. I will not only work hard on my salon being perfect and fun, I will work hard on advertisement. Without advertisement, salons wouldn't survive. Even word of mouth is a good advertisement.