While driving around I passed nearby our local Dept. of Public Safety office where I saw a teenager with their car practicing to pass the parallel parking portion of the driving exam. It brought back memories of what seems like the most critical hurdle to surmount in those early days of anxiety in passing the road portion of the Driver's License test.
To me the parallel parking was a metaphor in our world to remember that "Life Goes On." Daily in the real estate world I hear the Chicken Littles about me saying how they don't know what to do. Business is off, lenders down the street are laying off people, homebuilders are closing their doors, where did the buyers go? etc.
The point is, KEEP IT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE! In the real estate and housing world as anyone who has been in the business many years or watched it from afar knows, nothing ever stays the same. It is not static. The market is dynamic. Today's bad news is tomorrow's history. Stay positive. Talk to any hard working REALTOR or office and you will find out people are STILL, believe it of not, buying and selling homes. The conditions and stats may have changed, but activity is still there. Business models and marketing approaches may need to change. But just roll with the times. If one is in the business for the long term (AND LOVES IT), stay upbeat and share your hopes (and concerns) with others who can keep you "pumped up."
For the teenager in the car bumping over and over into the cones, next week's test at the Driver License bureau looks like a big mountain to climb. But despite the anxiety, they will pass, get through the quickened heartbeat and look back on it someday and laugh.
So take a deep breath and relax. Everything will be ok.
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