Thank God for My Supportive, Resourceful and Understanding Spouse!

Have you hugged your significant other today?  I'm not trying to be funny here.  I really mean it.  Being fairly new at real estate, I have been around long enough to see that more than a few of my fellow agents are now divorced or just single and many times that is due to concentrating too much on your clients.  If your s.o. is not in real estate with you, it can sometimes be pretty easy to get caught up (especially during the busy season) with all of your buyers and sellers, making phone calls, setting up tours, doing open houses, going on listing appointments and inspections, etc. and just kind of letting your personal relationships go.  I forget where I heard it (I think it was on a tv show) but sometimes we tend to treat those we're closest to like our gardens:  We have all the best intentions to get out there and weed it, water it, fertilize it and nurture it but other things come along that need our immediate attention and we put it on the back burner.  So we never get the best tomatoes this year but make a promise to ourselves that "next year will be the year."  I'm guilty of doing the same thing with my wife and even my kids.  "I've got to make just one more phone call, I'm sure my wife will understand."  "Sorry son, I can't go to your game today because I scheduled an open house."

I remember my first year in real estate:  I was so excited to get my first real buyer that I would just drop everything to show him a few more houses.  I even had my wife and kids go down to the Lake without me and I made the long, lonely drive the next day by myself.  Never mind the fact that it was my birthday and everyone was waiting for me to arrive to have dinner and give me some presents.  I remember how I cried when I opened the presents because I felt so bad that I had made everyone wait and I was so touched that they were showing me so much more attention than I had been giving them.  I also remember how my wife and I got into a few arguments that first year because I hadn't learned to balance my "new" life yet.

And I have to admit that I am one of the lucky ones because my wife is very business minded, constantly gives me support, pats me on the back and kicks me in the butt when I need it too.  She understands that I need time to grow my business but she also reminds me that I need to make time to grow our relationship.  She also helps me a ton and I wouldn't be where I am today without her.

So please don't forget all of the important people in your life (you know you have at least one person who is important!).  I know what I have said isn't profound but it's from the heart.  I wanted to write this on a non-holiday.  It's not Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's or even my wife's birthday.  It's just another busy day of talking on the phone, going on appointments and trying to make a few more dollars. 

I'd like to leave you with one last thought:  On your deathbed, you won't regret that you didn't work a little harder and sell a few more houses but you will regret that you didn't spend more time with the people you love.

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