Work and Life Balance

After 13 years in Real Estate my business still comes in waves.  There are all sorts of classes that you can take to ‘conquer’ the wave and have consistency in your business.  While I have grown my business steadily over the years, the waves are still there.  Over time I have come to embrace them. …

I am behind on my blog posts for the week!  Not for lack of thinking about it though.  This was one of those weeks where everything came together at the end but every one of my transactions took a lot of massaging this week.  Loan issues, negotiation issues, you name it, it happened this week. …

Chances are how you answer that question has a great deal to do with how much stress you experience in our life.  We all have a lot going on in our lives.  There are the daily pressures of just trying to get it all done in a day and then there are the things that…

I like to think that I am witty with a great sense of humor and while I am usually pretty confident about this I have started to doubt myself in the last few days.  My Mom has been visiting and we started chatting about how odd it is to see some of your own traits show…

Ryan broke his arm!  It was going to be the ultimate work day.  I had planned out the night before what I wanted to get done today.  The clients to call, the houses to preview, the inspection for my new listing, appointments to schedule for next week, networking with other agents, and more.  I had…

I started doing the ‘I did it dance’ after Alex was born.  It became my way to celebrate those oh so precious accomplishments ~ changing a diaper without getting pee’d on (if you have a boy, you know exactly what I mean), getting a decent nights sleep, taking him out for our first walk, getting…

If you have taken any sort of class on goal setting or business planing you have probably heard this phrase before.  Basically it is about deciding what you want and then working backwards to determine which tasks are necessary to accomplish the goal and focusing on those tasks each day. Gary and I have had…

I was chatting with a girlfriend and fellow Realtor today who is a single Mom and in the process of signing her children up for before and after school care and she was talking about the different options and which one would be best for her.  Does she need before and after school care?  Is it…

I have what Gary affectionately refers to as my pit crew. (Everything in our house gets some sort of sports reference.)  It is my support crew.  Gary is the crew chief and it includes a business coach, spiritual coach, accountability partners, great friends and family, hair stylist, masseuse, facialist, naturopath, physical therapist, yoga instructor, chiropractor, personal shopper,…

Carrie and I have been friends for close to 15 years. She is one of my best friends and someone that I completely admire.  She is that great balance of drive and getting it done while truly caring about the people that she works with and making sure that she is creating the right experience…