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Why can't I simply enjoy a slow day once in a while?

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Real Estate Agent with Vista Sotheby's International 01712785

It's great to be your own boss....except when your boss makes you work all of the time!

I work and live in Hermosa Beach which is just about as great an area to call home as I could imagine.  It's a beautifully sunny day out and I have a very rare slow real estate day.....so why can't I enjoy it?  I don't have a slow week and there's no alarms sounding.  I should relish a day with little to do, no clients to meet, and just a few phone calls to make.  But somehow I feel like I shouldn't have a slow day, and as all who work in this business know....there's always something to be doing but why can't it wait until tomorrow.  I enjoy working which certainly has much to do with it, but sometimes I wish I had an off button!.....maybe tomorrow.

Hermosa Beach CA 90254

This is just down the street.....why am I not out there?

Keith Kyle is a licensed Realtor, short sale specialist and Top Producing agent with South Bay Brokers in Manhattan Beach.  He serves his clients throughout the South Bay and his websites KeithKyleHomes.com, ManhattanBeachLuxuryRealEstate.com and FindYourSouthBayHome.com offer the most comprehensive real estate destinations in the South Bay with free MLS access, current home listings, open houses, recent home sales information and more.  Keith can be reached at 310-251-2344 or by email at info@KeithKyleHomes.com.  For more information on the South Bay, visit my Beach Cities Real Estate blog.

Comments (5)

Bruce Parker
Best Realty - Highland Park, NJ
You Deserve The Best

never slow down or look back. they may be gaining on you

Jun 27, 2011 10:29 AM
Terri Stephens
CIR REALTY - Calgary, AB
REALTOR, Calgary & Airdrie 403-827-4663

I just had a conversation with a great Realtor, she took the weekend off.  Its been over a year since she's had anytime off.  I know the feeling all too well. 

We beat the heck out of ourselves for not working every minute. 

Regular people ( 9 to 5 'ers) take time off.  We should too.

Enjoy, and go walk on the beach.  In Alberta...I may not have beach...but I can go walk in the grass.

Jun 27, 2011 10:29 AM
Donna Harris
Donna Homes, powered by JPAR - TexasRealEstateMediationServices.com - Austin, TX
Realtor,Mediator,Ombudsman,Property Tax Arbitrator

I have days like that too. I got a lot done this morning, and I was just settling in to eat lunch and catch up on a show online, and then I got the call from the school that my daughter had a 101 fever... never a dull day!

Jun 27, 2011 10:32 AM
Krystal Knott
Christie's International Real Estate - Summit Colorado - Breckenridge, CO
Breckenridge CO Real Estate & All Summit County CO

Keith, Hermosa Beach is wonderful and you should get out there and enjoy but only if you feel comfortable and guilt free doing it (my opinion).  We worked Monday through Saturday this last week and decided to take off Sunday to take on a 19.5 mile walk around our county with a wonderful lunch stop...I knew about it all week so I worked extra hard so I could take Sunday off, guilt free.  By the way I visited your area a couple years back (actually stayed at the Fairmont in Santa Monica) we took a taxi to go to the Comedy and Magic Club...it was so fun!!!  --Krystal

Jun 27, 2011 10:35 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Keith, it is very different to have a slow day, and always cause for concern.    When you have a slow day - you will have a slower month down the road.      Hermosa Beach looks beautiful!

Jun 28, 2011 03:27 AM