September 2020
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NARPM
By Brenda Davila
SAMAC, NARPM Secretary
6 months later… Where are you now? Can you believe it has been 6 months since Covid-19 started? Do you remember what you were doing when this first hit? Some of us were looking forward to filling our calendars with educational classes, family outings, vacations, work conventions, holidays and so much more. Ok, so Covid-19 showed up and unfortunately everything had to drastically change. It was weird at first and I took a step back to analyze the situation. What was I able to do or not do? What could I move forward with or what needed to be cancelled or rescheduled? What about our real estate organizations, conventions, or meetings? To say the least it has been a whirlwind of a learning curve. We’re having to quickly learn or relearn to be more flexible, cre-
ative, or becoming a one man/woman show (again) on certain tasks; especially if you had a team conveniently located in one place. Although this time can be tense and stressful, we need to remember that we are essential. We are considered especially important to our family, community, industry, and our economy during this trying time. As Voltaire said in the 1700’s and Spider man said (for the younger bunch), “With great power, comes great responsibility”. However, you can relate to this quote, it resonates. It resonates immensely that we cannot revert, delay, or outright shut down- mentally or physically. It is our time to move forward like an infantry, soldier on, hit the nail on the head and whatever you do- Do not give up!
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Instead Shine, shine, shine! No matter what you do, have a smile, a positive attitude, a grateful heart and remember that things happen in seasons. Not the best time (by our standards) but this is a huge example of how sometimes no matter our preparedness or wish something, it does not always go our way. The thing to consider is not so much what happened (although important) but how we react during a time that is obviously out of our control. Now confession time, I’m a workaholic and seems that my life has been on light speed forever due to being needed in so many directions at the same time by what seems everyone else but me. Sound familiar? I’m sure I’m not the only one. The days go by so quickly and seem to not have enough hours in a day to complete all our tasks. Personally, I chose to take this time of separation from others and what seems a lengthy quietude to self asses both my personal and business life. It’s sad to admit but at times I wasn’t immersed in what I was doing. I was physically present but not my head. Many family outings, I was thinking of work or replying to clients or customers. At times I wanted one day to myself to sleep in late or get my nails done and didn’t follow through feeling the
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guilt of not being available. I guess you can say I was on autopilot. To improve my situation, I had to remember why I got into real estate to begin with. It was because I care about people and love to help them find their dream home or manage their rental investment. Also, to financially provide for my family and to be my own boss and run my business how I choose. Ultimately it was to live a live by design. Since all this started, I’ve taken time to genuinely enjoy my family moments, make new memories and have taken that weekend cruise. I even deep cleaned my house to include reorganizing the garage. And in my business, wrote up a new business plan, designed new yard signs and logo and updated my database. The last thing is continuing my real estate education. It’s investment time for me and should be for you as well. Buy that other house or rental property, rehab your current home and lastly, take all the CE or designation classes you can. I leave you with the first sentence of the poem In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke, “In a dark time, the eye begins to see”. Take this moment for yourself, to get to know yourself, improve yourself and you’ll be ready to face the world again through a new perspective.
