Staying Proactively Busy During the Holiday Peace and Quiet

It's that peaceful (hopefully) time between Christmas and New Year's. The presents and shopping and card-sending should all be done. Perhaps you've started de-decorating, or maybe you're waiting til after the 12th Day of Christmas. But things are often quiet at work and at home.

It's a grand time to review your websites and other online sites like Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, Google+, ActiveRain, etc. An annual check-up is always wise to ensure all your links are still active and relevant. I found a couple of sites where I needed to add updated email addresses and new website links. I've visited several friends recently where their links went to 404 errors! (And if you ever notice that with one of mine, I ALWAYS love to hear about those so I can fix them.)

It's definitely a nice time to take kids and grandkids out to see holiday sites before all the de-decorating begins. If you live near Seattle, Washington, the Sheraton Seattle is hosting their annual Gingerbread Village to support JDRF Northwest Chapter, which is working towards helping those with Type 1 Diabetes. This year's theme is Once Upon A Time and my granddaughter and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the awesome creations and intricate designs.

It's also an excellent time to work on our business plans. I started that process a month ago. Now I'm planning on reviewing it, fine-tuning it, and putting it "to work." One of my goals for this year is to learn and incorporate in my business several new apps and other tech tools that will help me take great care of my clients and their real estate needs. I have a couple of different video apps that I downloaded but never learned. These include Videolicious and 360 Realty Tour. I plan to figure them out this weekend, weed out the ones I don't like, keep the ones I love, and then start putting them to good use online. I'll start by practicing on my grandkids. They are excellent at "holding me accountable" when I ask them to. They'll make sure I practice a lot AND probably come up with some creative new ways to use them. :) 

Hopefully, we'll all be extremely busy soon. But during this sweet season of joy and peace, it's a grand time to work on some of those projects we never have time for the rest of the year. What are you planning to do?