Remember the first time you teetered on the top of an old metal roller coaster? Knowing at any moment you would drop, shake, rattle, and say things your mom would blush over? I do.

I remember the stomach-knotting, the excitement, the fear, and the desire for it all to be over quickly! Sometimes I feel that way in trying to balance a career and what I consider to be a life....

I enjoy my job. Immensely. All too often however, I wake up and realize I may not have much else to discuss. I don't want to be "that girl". Sure, I love to go fishing. I can talk the tail off a cat about my dog, yet...not everyone finds that to be stimulating conversation.

I am pretty much a "big picture kind of girl", and working day in and day out certainly does help reach my goals but goals don't make very good best friends.

The most interesting, successful, well rounded people, to me, DON'T work ALL the time. They take time to build meaningful relationships. To me, that is success.

It isn't quite January yet...but I am thinking a New Year's resolution is acceptable any time during the new year. Right?

I want to continue the success that I have been fortunate to attain in my career; however, I want to be successful in living life as well...

Some days, I am going to turn my phone off, close my computer, ditch the high heels, and do something...anything. Climb a tree, learn a new sport, fish a bit more, laugh a bit more, and try and remember how to have conversations about ANYTHING OTHER than real estate.:)

Think it can be done? I will give it a shot.