Monday

I've moved my office to my house. Have holed up inside for several days. I have decided to start a diet called HCG. It involves taking drops that are made from the urine of a pregnant woman. This is gross! But being overweight hasn't been exactly heaven. I have had so many friends and family tell me lately that this has worked for them, ie. my nephew, by marriage, lost 30 lbs in 30 days; my friend at work, Cathy, has lost over 40 pounds in just a couple of months. And I have about 50 pounds to lose. A lot of people have said they've lost over 75 lbs. so I'm going to try it. Now what does this have to do with real estate. I love selling real estate. I love the people I get to meet, I really like it when I find a new home for a young family and I hand them those keys. I like it when I can get someone out of a bad situation and find they HAVE to sell their home, and in this market that is happening a lot. I love it when I get a call from a couple of people that I've helped find their home and they want to know if I will work with their kids to buy them a home. That is the highest level of trust when you turn your kids over to an agent. But I know that my success would be greater if I were not as heavy as I am. I know that it affects my confidence and the way people look at me and how they relate to me. I know they don't take me as a professional as much as they would if I were thinner and dressed more professional. I don't dress the way I would like and the way I used to because I'm not comfortable with how I look. There are professional agents and people in other walks of life and they just have a look. Now I would be the last to judge the person by what they wear or look like at first glance. I will always want to know the person regardless, but I know how society is and they are not so open and forgiving. So this is a journey I have decided to take. My son told me once that he thought I would be a better real estate agent if I were thinner. I asked him why, he said he knew I would be more confident.

This is a journey I started on August 1st. Today is August 9th and I have lost 11.8 lbs. That is over a pound a day. I'm not hungry and I'm excited. I will write more about this journey and how it relates to my business as days go by.

Tomorrow I'm getting the paperwork started to do a short sale in Coral Canyon, I have to go to apple Valley and measure a house and put a sign up on a new listing, horse property on an acre plus. It's a great property for $165,000. I think it will sell quickly.