What Active Rain has done for me: 250,000 points later.

It really does not seem like that long ago that I discovered Active Rain and began posting and commenting. But how FREAKY is it that my first post was on January 21st 2007

3 years and 1 day.

My first post was How will BRAC impact us? Very short and without much content, but it took a while to get my feet wet. To date the BRAC project is still under way and is scheduled to be complete by 2011. Since that first post I have periodically written other posts with progress updates on the military changes in our area. I have had a handful of calls about my content.

I was VERY intimidated at first. The caliber of knowledge and experience is overwhelming and I was fearful that I would sound like an idiot in comparison. Every time I would start to write a blog I would read another that was very similar. With encouragement and comments from other members who I admired I got past that self doubt. I am still not completely sure what I am doing, but every now and again I find a new post to help me do it better. I remain overwhelmed at how everyone shares all of their tips of the trade. Thanks to Active Rain I list all of my listings on almost 50+ FREE websites.

I have had 6 featured posts. When it happens I am thrilled to bits and then I have a panic attack because I can not follow full protocol and respond to every ones comments.

I have my favorite bloggers and I enjoy their posts. Just recently I felt like I had a Hawaiian vacation thanks to the awesome daily updates from Pat Kennedy. One day I WILL get to meet her. I want to see with my own eyes her trunk in person. Martha Brown had me rolling with When is a Car Trunk More Than a Car Trunk?? When It Belongs To Pat Kennedy of Course!!

I have made new friends, I have laughed at 2:00am when I can not sleep. I have closed transactions thanks to my Google juice and web presence on Active Rain, I have closed transactions thanks to referrals. I have recieved more industry education here than in any classroom. I constantly carry a camera. I have explored more of the area that I live in. In short I have enjoyed the ride.  

Thanks Active Rain