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  • Celebrating The New Identity

    Follow Your Passion

    Last night after I came back from a networking meeting, I tweeted about following your passion. A friend on twitter, @mlanger (Maria Langer) replied that I have been listening to The Secret for too long and just go for it.

    I personally thought “The Secret” was kind of shallow. Yes, it got people’s mind flowing with creating vision boards and so on. I have done all  that. But it didn’t incorporate alot of the action – GO FOR IT! that my twitter friend, Maria said. I have always been a  good doer left brain trained type of person. I would have preferred to have had my sister, Maria(not same as twitter friend) partner with me as we had envisioned. But she didn’t go for it. So my plans got revised. And they got put on hold because of my need to create immediate income to pay my bills.

    My birthday is coming up this week. Birthdays are celebrated to remind you of that point in time when you took that leap into this world to embrace life. I celebrated a pre-birthday moment yesterday when I went to a meeting  with the Association for Women in Communications(AWCS). It was the first time I met anyone from this group. The topic was about social media, so there were a lot of local twitterers there, including men. (more…)

  • Resume

    Following is my resume

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  • Job Status Change

    Since this personal blog is an organic process while I go through my career changes, instead of deleting the old, I will post my “About Blanca” chronologically instead of deleting.

    April 2008 to June, 2009 Summary of What I have been doing:

    2008 was a big meltdown for many people. Besides the real estate market crash and all my deals falling apart because my sellers were upside down, I also had to have another surgery on my ankle. So I was off my feet again for six months until October, 2008. Right now I am navigating this crazy foreclosure market in Miami and have been intensely focused since then to work the bank listings. But it is dreadfully slow and difficult to get my foot in the door.( What is this thing about my foot???:-))

    As of June 18, 2009, I will be looking for a job since the Real Estate Broker ship is sinking.( I actually have been looking for a few months, but now the search is very serious). I am putting my resume out there to be an Operations Director for a creative company.

  • Transformation Takes Time

    Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly In My Garden Today
    Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly In My Garden Today

    The other night I went to a party with one of my best friends. We have been friends from high school. She too has encountered a huge change in her career as a mortgage broker for over 20 years. She transitioned this year into insurance sales which has required a tremendous amount of studying. It is a sales job in a whole new field.  She shared with me the stress the prior job loss caused and huge effort it has been to support her family. Even though she made a lot of money in the past and had to start from scratch again, she is dedicated, focused and confident that she will succeed. And I know she will.

    I told her to take a break for a week to gather her energies up again because she was feeling a bit stressed. She hasn’t exercised in a while or gone out too much in nature to zen out lately. Her main focus has been studying to learn the new business.  One of the ingredients in my de-stressing that I mentioned in my last post is being in nature. We are lucky to have beautiful sunshine and beaches here in Miami. I push myself to go there a lot when I get frazzled. Besides that, one of my greatest joys has been my butterfly garden. (more…)

  • Logic Is Not Always Right

    Oracle At Delphi by Abigail McCarthy on Flickr
    Oracle At Delphi by Abigail McCarthy on Flickr

    A neighbor came by this week to give me a card of the owner of Creative Staffing, an agency that finds work for unemployed. She knew I was looking for temporary work to tide me over or  a permanent job in something new. After spending enormous effort to maneuver myself in this total revamping and restructuring of my real estate business in the last year, I find myself at another crossroads.

    Should I give up my persistence in this sinking ship although my logic tells me banks will be needing many more realtors to handle their inventory? I don’t need many listings to survive. My skills and knowledge of the industry are very high. But the low I am experiencing in getting deals done really makes me wonder how much longer I should chart in this course. (more…)

  • Butterflies & Heartfelt Connections

    Monarch Butterflies Mating
    Monarch Butterflies Mating

    I took this picture of two monarch butterflies mating five days ago.  Since I am working from home, my desk sits about five feet from a french door that leads out to my garden. I happened to look out that day and there they were, in their dazzling embrace. It was exactly one month ago today that I embraced Sparky as he took his last breath. The memory of that bittersweet moment has kept my spirits high although I have cried many times. But because I gave myself the time to  really experience the letting go, the pain has subsided. I have a picture of Sparky on my desktop background as a visual of those beautiful brown expressive eyes.

    I picked up a box of his remains from Pet-Heaven, the company that did the cremation two weeks ago. Soon, I will have a special moment to release the remains or dig them in the ground. I think I will put them under the mango trees. (more…)