Most times I struggle with what to write about here. For the longest time, I have thought that most people will not really care about anything I have to say and that kept me from writing anything. The doubts still linger but I am going to write anyway. Mabye someone out there will connect with what I have to say.
One of my unwritten goals has always been to "Get It Together". For me, that has meant to gain some sort of focus on what it is I am trying to do, in real estate and in life. There have always been so many different things that I want to do and I have always had quite a hard time getting any one thing really accomplished. This year I decided to actually write it down. Goal #1. "Get it together". I even went a step further and tried my best to define what that meant to me. Knowing that I tend to spread myself too thin, I started by saying I needed to simplify my life. In real estate, that meant trying to develop a niche and build my business around that niche. In life, it means letting go of some activities I don't really enjoy or excell at and trying to refocus on the activites I actually like. I have always felt like there are so many things to learn and explore when it comes to real estate. It is so easy to get caught up in thinking "I need to know everything there is to know about every aspect of real estate". That simply is not true. For example, I can't know everything about residential real estate while simultaneously knowing everything about commercial real estate. Now, I realize that there are some people that do both and are good at both. I am just saying that I can't do it and though it is tempting to try my hand at commercial, I simply have to focus my attention or another aspect of my business will suffer.
Recently, my experience in life has been very similar. I have found that I have become a jack of all trades, master of none. It is hard because there are so many things I like to do. I have been training to compete in a triathlon and it is hard enough to train sucessfully for 3 events, let alone, try to be good at a bunch of other things as well. "Letting go" has been the motto that is helping me through this. I have let go of some things that I either don't get as excited about or just dont participate in that often. This has helped me focus some more attention on what I do really enjoy. You may think I am crazy, but I love to run, bike, and swim, and I used to love to compete. I am hoping the competitive juices will begin to flow again.
In real estate, I "let go" in what seemed at the time as a much more unfortunate way. My laptop was infected with what I thought was a virus and my backup files had been corrupted. I thought I was going to restore my computer and load the backup files only to find I had lost everything. To say I was devistated would be an understatement. Since then I have resolved to "Deal With It" to quote my favorite line from Better Off Ted. Having to rebuild my database has actually been a blessing. I have created more detailed information about my past customers and have resolved to keep more complete records when I gain a new prospect, customer, or client. It has been good to reconnect with a few of my past clients as well. Yes, it sucked at first, but good things have come from it. On a very important note, I have also resolved to check and double check that everything is backed up. It has been a good experience but I sure didn't enjoy it so much that I want to do it again.
For now I am done rambling. Hopefully there is a nugget in there that will encourage someone. If not this time, maybe next. Thanks for reading.
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