I spent most of the weekend reading books that will help my mind to focus on creating real estate deals. I have been mentally worn out and completely drained by the past two years working in the real estate market here in Miami. I don’t know if the word work is even close to describe what I have experienced. Agony of losing so many deals that were there, right in front of me and because of exterior circumstances, they just fizzled. Countless hours, money and effort and hard, hard work. And every month, seeing values tumble and tumble.
Yes at night I have been focusing on another passion which is writing and finding a way to find my passion of expressing in words how to find and muster the courage to transform your life in the midst of it seemingly crumbling right in front of you. During the whole time of the market crashing, I forged ahead to learn new things without giving up the real estate. I still had hope in it. I worked hard to market the listings I had been hired to work on. I worked with buyers uncertain of where the market was heading. I was entrenched in it as a real estate broker. That is what I have been for the last 23 years. After taking a beating, and having to be in a position that I cant walk for a while because of my ankle surgery, it has given me a reprieve of not thinking or being entrenched in the real estate market because I was entrenched in the throbbing pain of the surgery of my ankle and the discomfort of having this apparatus attached to me 24/7.
It weird because its an exterior apparatus. You cant help but seeing it. It is bulky and drilled into my bone. How can I not focus on it. The first two week it was throbbing throbbing and the only thing I was focused on was what time do I take my next pill so I don’t feel the pain. I didn’t really want to talk to anyone even though many friends and family were there to uplift my spirits and send me love. I was tired. All I did was what I normally don’t do is watch TV and read so I wouldn’t have to focus on the pain. Having people around me helped, not only because I needed it, but also because I was grateful to have such amazing support and love around me. Now that I am coming into my third week of recovery, I am ready to focus on , “What is my next step?”
I stopped the pain pills. The pain has subsided. The apparatus is still attached to me, but I have gotten used to it. I can move around more and even do situps or arm weights. My energy level is up. So all I need to do now is to get focused with a fresh perspective now that I have taken a break from the chaos of the real estate world.
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