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How do you feed yourself?

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Real Estate Agent with Max Broock Realtors

I was hungry and I didn't even know it.  The past week of being a member of AR has been great.  I sent my sappy I love Active Rain blog out yesterday, and I meant every word I wrote.   

What I've realized is that I've been starving.  Starving for an outside catalyst to motivate me professionally.  I was hungry to discuss the possibilities of this career.  It seems that every time I go to the office I hear about people's woes.  I go on broker tour, and its doom and gloom.  No one chooses to look at the good things going on in the local real estate market. 

As I said, Active Rain has been a fantastic outlet for me.  Blogging has made me exercise my mind again.  I'm eating it all up.  I've found that this optimistic outlook that's been growing in me has started to show itself in my personal life.   

What I need now is more food.  I've decided to take more time each week to get back to the things that I enjoyed prior to the market going south.  Somehow I fell into a trap.  As the market soften, I stopped doing the things I loved. I subconsciously neglected my personal needs. 

So today I signed back up for my tennis lessons that I loved.  I also decided to investigate glass blowing.  That's something I always wanted to do. 

I'm going to feed myself.

How do you find balance?  When you're hungry, what do you eat? 

 

 

Maureen Francis
Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel - Bloomfield Hills, MI
Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel

I took glass blowing from michigan hot glass.  Albert Young used to have a studio in Pontiac, but he has moved it.  He teaches at center for creative studies.

I have a 6 inch long permanent scar on my leg from glass blowing. That glass is HOT.  Its definitely NOT a hobby for the feint of heart.

But I really loved it.  Check it out. 

Aug 24, 2006 10:12 AM
Kristal Kraft
Novella Real Estate - Denver, CO
Selling Metro Denver Real Estate - 303-589-2022

Feeding yourself...what a wonderful analogy!  I agree on the importance of taking care of oneself.  Sometimes we tend to get so focused on what we are doing we fail to see the most obvious.

My escape is to get away.  I leave town either to attend a class or just disappear.  I love taking classes or seminars in other industries than real estate.  For the past few years I've been doing web stuff, seo, writing and development. Next month I'm going to the Webmaster Jam Session in Dallas.

Learning about a new industry that compliments what I do is exciting to me.  Many think this is work, but it empowers me.  That's not work!

Aug 24, 2006 11:14 AM
Christopher H
REAL ESTATE - Shelby Township, MI

I love to spend time with the family.  Yesterday I took my daughter to the park so she could fly a kite.  She is 3 1/2 years old.  She had a blast.

Aug 24, 2006 03:27 PM