...although, often I feel like flying high, especially this week. So, let me explain. I am sitting this morning and working on planning my 2008. I can hear many of you commenting: NOW? Weren't you supposed to have the plan ready in December? Aren't you getting behind already? Well, I don't know about you, but I had a very busy holiday season: several family members visiting for over a week, 4 dinner parties, and a couple of birthday parties to go to, and cleaning, decorating and shopping... Gosh, I'm happy this is all behind me! And, on January 2nd I got a brilliant(?) idea to re-visit ActiveRain that I had looked at a few months ago but didn't subscribe.
So, as I am planning my year, I am contemplating a shift of my focus. I usually focused on my business and then tried to make my family life fit into the plan! And, throughout the years, I have gone to many seminars, learned from coaches, purchased software, looked for shortcuts, dreamed, struggled, had great years, had down years, had systems that worked, and other systems that stayed in the file folder, etc. Last year has taught me that real estate is my profession, it gives me income, but it is not my life. Real estate industry functions with or without me. My family is my life. My family is my rock. So, my purpose of being in this business is my family and its well-being. So, as I sit here with the 2008 calendar, I place my "big rocks" in first (weekend family time, my daughter's sports tournaments, holidays and family vacations), and then I schedule my prospecting, client appointments, organizing, marketing, etc. I love real estate (still!) and I am very passionate about it (still!), but I don't want to loose sight of what's most important in life. Sharing time with my husband and my daughter, creating lasting memories is a whole lot more rewarding than working for people that can't even say "thank you" after you spent countless hours negotiating to get for them what they wanted, and more.
I am starting this year ready to make it not just good but great, at least for me. I hope you will too!
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