WHAT THE FIRST

What the First Thing You Do After Work Says About You

We all have our routines. From that morning cup of coffee to a jog at the gym, it’s common to establish touchstones for our daily lives. But have you ever considered what these habits tell us about ourselves? Our actions reveal much about our motivations and emotional life, so taking a second look at your first move at the end of the day can be telling. With that in mind, see how you fare when it comes to post-workday habits...

Break a Sweat

After a long day of work, is your first instinct to strap on your sneakers and take off on a run? Do you stop off at the local yoga studio for an extended stretch? Maybe you head to the weight room to pump some iron. Whatever your exercise pick, if you’re inclined to sweat it out at the end of a long day, you’re likely a routine-oriented profes-

sional who internalizes work-related stress. Of course, you’ve chosen a healthy release for all that pent-up tension, and you’ve discovered the power of endorphins. Once work hours are over, not everyone finds the motivation to stay active. This means you’re driven by routine, conscious of your emotional and physical health, and prefer to leave your cares at the gym, rather than bring them into your home oasis. However, it’s important to give your body a rest now and again, as recuperation time is not only beneficial for physical health, but can help prevent burnout for the long haul. Flexibility is a skill, and one just as important to cultivate as rigid commitment. If you find yourself out of sorts if you miss just one day of working out, you might want to pay some attention to your routines and motivations, and rebalance your commitments and fitness routine accordingly.

Round-the-Clock Hustle

If you’re the type to bring work home with you, you aren’t alone. While your motivation to work nonstop is admirable, it’s also important to make the mental transition from workplace to home, establishing the time to hustle and the time to relax. Just like those that hit the gym without fail after a long day, sometimes you’ll need to practice saying no. If your work life is indistinguishable from your personal life, it’ll be hard to catch a break and recharge. This means burnout, frayed nerves, and missed details will soon be on the horizon. Of course, round-the-clock hustle is a strength, too. You’re passionate about your work, care deeply about doing things right, and failure is not an option. Just make sure that you establish some foundational boundaries so that you maintain an appropriate, healthy balance between your time at work and your time at home with the loved ones and hobbies you cherish. If making way for downtime isn’t easy, try penciling it in the way you would a work engagement. Dinner with a friend, a date night with a significant other, or a solo movie fest can be readily added to your calendar, and thus built in to your regimented schedule.

Turn to Food

If your first instinct after work is to eat, it can say a few different things about your routine. Perhaps you’ve been so on-the-go all the day that you haven’t had time for lunch. In this case, you might need to regiment your schedule with more purpose aimed towards downtime and self-care; food is fuel, after all. If you head home and gorge after an average day, you may be turning to food as a way to relieve stress. In this case, you may need to reassess some of your post-work habits and find a healthier balance and outlet for your tension. Taking a walk, grabbing fresh ingredients for dinner, hitting the gym, or decompressing by catching up with a friend or a good book—all are healthier, more balanced ways of executing the transition from the office to the home. Pay attention to your consumption post-work. Determine how hungry or satiated you really are before making a grab for the nearest sustenance.

People decompress in all different ways after getting home from the office, but always remember that routines are telling. Don’t take your daily actions and impulses for granted. Examine the root behind your well-worn practices, and you may detect nuances at play beneath the surface that can you help you recalibrate for the better.

SKYLER KEYSER

Skyler Keyser – top agent and owner of Key Legacy Group in Tempe, Arizona – is a hardworking, focused and deeply knowledgeable real estate professional who is committed to providing his many clients with top-notch customer service. Skyler works diligently to ensure that whoever he works with, be it a buyer or a seller, achieves their real estate goals, and he has more than earned his stellar and ever-growing reputation as a trusted real estate advocate.

Skyler, a former globetrotting semi-professional hockey player, began his journey in the world of real estate in 2013. “I was in school at the time, wondering what I was going to do with my life,” he says, recalling his rather spontaneous decision to become an agent. “Both of my parents were involved in real estate, and I’d always been interested in the field. I ended up leaving class one day and telling my mother that I was going to get my license. That’s how I started.” Skyler put his head down and worked hard, vowing not to be one of the many agents who fail in their first five years in the business. That hard work and determination translated into the formation of his own company and rapid success that continues to grow, year after year.

Skyler currently employs a team of six other equally dedicated and caring agents and two administrative personnel, though he will be adding to his team to keep up with the exponential growth of his business. In addition to helping his clients achieve success, one of the things Skyler enjoys most about his chosen profession is the ability to mentor newer agents and to help them achieve the same success he enjoys. “Real estate is one of those industries that doesn’t usually provide formal training,” he explains, “unless you’re with a team that has created it. I love that I get to help people, whether they’re other agents or my customers.

Currently, more than two-thirds of the Key Legacy Group’s business is based on returning customers and referrals, a significant achievement in the highly competitive real estate industry. Much of this has to do with the long-lasting, closing table-transcending relationships they form with their clients. “We reach out to them many times each year, do pop-buys, and quarterly appreciation events, among other things,” says Skyler, who currently holds a perfect five-star rating on Zillow.com, comprised of scores of glowing testimonials. There are many other factors as well, including incredible market knowledge and top-notch marketing strategies that result in quick sales for top dollar, not to mention happy clients.

When he’s not working, Skyler enjoys playing hockey, skiing and snowboarding, and also gives back to both his community and the real estate industry in multiple ways, including his support of the Feed My Starving Children organization. He also sits on the Associate Board for Future for Kids, for which he helped stage a golf tournament that raised over $100k to benefit for underprivileged children.

For anyone looking for exceptional, dedicated and caring customer service, one could do no better than to engage Skyler Keyser and the Key Legacy Group, a company that prides itself on truly taking care of their clients.

For more information about Skyler Keyser, please call 480-330-7216 or email Skyler@KeyLegacyGroup.com

LESA LILLIBRIDGE

A homebuilder before making the plunge into full-time real estate practice, Lesa Lillibridge has been a Realtor for over 10 years now. Having a wealth of experience in all aspects of real estate, Lesa is a Top Producing Agent in the Northern Ohio market. After the new construction market crash in 2008, Lesa earned her license as a Realtor in 2010, earning the top rank Rookie of the Year Award. Most recently, Lesa earned the prestigious Top 3% in America Award and the Regional Ohio President’s Club Award. Lesa and her Team have built a successful, ever-growing real estate company on the timeless foundations of high level Customer Service, knowledge, communication, continued learning, implementation of technology, and true generosity, with high producing results for her clients!

Lesa has seen a lot in her time as a Realtor, but she also knows the ins and outs of construction. This knowledge makes her uniquely suited to a deep understanding of buying and selling homes, as well as the home inspections process and has a long list of construction references when needed. With such a broad expertise in her field, it is no surprise that Lesa has seen so much success, closing properties to almost $19 million in total sales volume in 2020 as an individual agent, including single family homes, condos, vacant land, rentals and commercial real estate. These numbers have increased with every passing year that Lesa has been in business. She has experience in a variety of different markets, and her vast market knowledge and successful business background helps Lesa serve a diverse range of clientele.

As a veteran Realtor, Lesa knows that communication is a vital part of her job. She works hard to maintain a consistent line of contact with her clients and to make herself available to the real estate market at large. “I pride myself on answering my phone,” Lesa says. “It’s one of the biggest keys to my success.” Lesa takes an intimate approach to talking with her clients, preferring to call and text due to its immediacy and personalization. Her open and honest communication makes her clients feel comfortable and makes her easy and fun to work with.

Being a people-person is a major prerequisite to becoming a fulltime Realtor, and Lesa fully exemplifies this. She cares deeply about the well-being of her clients and is not afraid to show it! “People recognize that I care. I truly get emotional on almost every single sale. There comes a point when, even though I’m doing all these professional things, I will often even cry with my clients,” Lesa laughs. “My family calls these ‘Coca-Cola Moments’!”. Lesa is emotionally invested in the people she works with too, which drives her to make their experience rewarding. Her clients appreciate her compassion and effort; Lesa has achieved 92% of her business from repeat clients and referrals from past clients and an excellent reputation within her community.

During her free time, Lesa loves to spend time in the outdoors with her family. They take short trips to their lakeside cottage on the shore of Atwood Lake and travel when possible, typically to historical sites. Lesa is also very involved in the community both personally and professionally. She says her dad taught her to “always give back to the area in which you live and work”. She volunteers for and serves/ served on the council of several local organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Home Builders Association, American Red Cross, and the ALC. She also serves on several committees including Luxury Homes Committee, the Commercial Division Committee, and the Diversification Committee.

In the coming years, Lesa will continue taking steps to keep growing her business and Team to fully service her clients needs. She has already added a full-time Administrative Assistant, Transaction Coordinator, Showing Agents, and is building more Team Members as Inside Sales Agents, and adding a full spectrum of Real Estate Professionals to her Team. If you are interested in quality real estate services in Ohio with a proven history of Top Producing results, be sure to give Lesa Lillibridge a call or text, Lesa’s motto: “Here to SERVE YOU!”

Contact Lesa Lillibridge by phone at (330) 620-5372 or email LesaLillibridge@kw.com. You can also visit http:// LesaLillibridge.kw.com for more information and to search for up-to-date real estate availability.