I have a crazy personality.  I get on these whims.  When I think of something that I want to do I jump in HEAD FIRST!!!  I am like a machine and once I get started I won't quit until I accomplish my goal.  Not a bad thing...I suppose, especially in real estate!

 

Well, I am finally relieved to say that I have found my happy Active Rain balance. When I first really got "into" Active Rain, it (I) was crazy.  My life was a blog...I mean, blur.  I even wrote a post about my addiction called "Blog, blog...everywhere a blog, blog!". I even saw the word blog everywhere I looked which was evident in my serious, turned comical post.

 

 

The funniest thing I ever saw was this video.  I was told it has been around the block a million times but I had not seen it.  So for all of you who are new to Active Rain and feel you may be finding yourself addicted to blogging, check out this HILARIOUS video!

 

 

My first Active Rain goal was to be #1 in my town of Alton, NH, which was pretty easy! With that accomplishment, I also became #1 in my county.  

 

My next goal was to pass the 35,000 point mark and I did that not too long ago.  Now, I am here to relax, enjoy and play in the rain. It's all about fun now.  I am so excited.  Now I can post when I want to post and read when I want to read.  No more self-inflicted pressure.  

 

My state has AMAZING bloggers that I am comfortable not trying to catch up too!  They deserve their current ranking and I don't intend to even TRY taking it away ever!  In fact I love reading and learning from their posts. I am just here to network, learn, and inform consumers about my real estate market.

 

Like Monika McGuillicuddy described in her recent postabout bloggers being transparent, "Be yourself and let that inner voice be heard, let it shine through."  This is my intension for Lake Winnipesaukee News and Views-Real Estate Blog!  If you read my blog you will find the real me. I still love blogging, to say the least. But now, it isn't so much about the competition- it's about just writing because I love it!

 

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43 Comments on I think I have found my HAPPY Active Rain balance!

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MAR
30
2008
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Audrey- Ah yes, blogging "issues", been there... sounds like you are rounding the corner though...
4:33am • #24
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Brian- the video is so funny...and so how I felt...Monika pointed me to it when I was obsessed!
4:35am • #25
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Monika- Your welcome!  You can keep #2!!!  Hopefully I will pass your # 7 since it is inactive- LOL!  I am just happy I am not looking and obsessing everyday.  I just like being here, because I like being here.  I can't say though if someone was on my heals I wouldn't pick up the pace.....I would.  I did like your post though (and then Colleens, which has inspired me!).  I have always loved to write and thought a lot about going into journalism in college.  I rather write, then talk.  My preference is to email, rather than call... but I am improving. 
4:41am • #26
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Hey Monique- thanks for the comment... are you fully recovered?  I am THRILLED with CB- WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!  and so many people told me the grass wasnt greener......HA!
4:44am • #27
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Kim...I think you need to keep in mind who you want to talk to and what that message is. I also belive one can over write...too many posts will stop people from coming back. So those that post just to post and climb in points will ulitimly lose out. I know I've stopped reading some bloggers becasue they have way too many daily posts and many of them are boring posts.  Just my 2 cents.
8:27am • #28
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Hi Kim,

Sounds like you have found your blogging balance, it seems like a cycle we all go through when we first start blogging. We gt caught up in trying to reach the top spots, we walk around thinking in the blog. We write about our addiction and then one day we wake up in complete control of it all. LOL! I think you do a fabulous job! :)
8:35am • #29
MAR
31
2008
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Suzanne- Thanks so much.. that is EXACTLY how it happened...sounds like you hve been there too...
7:42am • #30

Kim,

  I hear you on the blog thing. It can be addicting !
7:46am • #31
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I just had to put off writing a reply email to a client because I was too busy blogging!  JK.  Keep up the good work Kim.
9:49am • #32
Kim - this is so funny. I had never seen the video before now, but I hope that isn't how I become.  I do ind myself obsessing a little about how I can fit this into my schedule everyday.  Congrats on achieving your goals!
5:50pm • #33
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KIM - I had to take 2 minutes away from blogging to watch that whole clip.  Gotta get back to blogging.  Glad to see that you've found your comfort zone after all of the garbage that you've had to deal with.
7:24pm • #34
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Good for you Kim. I enjoy reading your blog along with other favs here in AR. I too had the blog addiction when I started and to some extent I still have it but I am no linger feeling pressured to do xyz each and every day.
8:51pm • #35
APR
01
2008

Hey Kim,

Great video...I hadn't seen that one either! I appreciate this blog because as I read your post I realized I am goign through the same early stages you were going through...I set some small goals and started seeing more results and now I talk blogging throughout my entire office.  I really like your blog simple because your personality DOES come through in the blog. It turns a static/passive agent business card into a person and we all know real estate is about people not little cards.

Keep up the great blogging Kim and thanks for the inspiration. 
4:43am • #36
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Doug- it certainly does!  Blogger Beware!!! hmm sounds like a post!
4:49am • #37
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Bill- very funny, in this market we can't be doing that...but I know the feeling!
4:50am • #38
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Tricia- thanks, you will reach your goals as well!  Keep fitting it in!
4:51am • #39
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Adam- Sorry to interupt your blogging with the video, I wont do it again!  Well, maybe I will when I get my flip video! :)!!
4:53am • #40
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Judy- It is so nice when the pressure subsides!  You are doing GREAT with your blog!  It is so fun isn't it?
4:54am • #41
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Team Wright- I know the feeling I think when I first started every other word that came out of my mouth was blog!!!  It is funny how some agents are drawn to it and some want no part of it!!!  Happy Blogging... you will get through the initial obsession, just like everyone here on AR told me I would...and I did!
4:58am • #42
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14
2008
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Kim...it's great to know balance will come someday after the addiction....LOL   Congrats on meeting your goals and being able to relax and have fun with it now!
8:55am • #44

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