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Pay attention to our natural world...it offers surcease and creativity.

We're all very busy being our proactive and customer oriented selves, always, as that's what we all do as real estate professionals.   

On top of that, we know the shift  has occurred, and those of us who've been in the business for some time are busy bringing our technology skills up to speed, and learning the language of the binary world.    Right...it's called social media marketing!

Do we remember, though, to look after ourselves with that same level of care?   

We do sit a lot:  in cars, in front of computer screens, at open houses....     We know we should be going for a daily walk.     Even ten minutes a day, brisk walking, not a sauntering about, and with good breathing techniques to bring that life saving air into our systems...it's an essential.

Careful eating choices, with fruit, greens, healthy snacks, lots of liquids...I know, our mother's told us all this stuff, but it turns out that those moms were right.    It's proven, now, that sitting down to eat, taking time between bites, not gulping fluids to help us swallow our food, but taking slow sips after carefully chewing our (small bites) food, eating five or six small meals a day instead of ingesting all our calorie intake in two or three large meals, etc, is the prime way to good health.

Another thing to do, besides look after the physical, is to feed the soul, the creative wellspring that lets us imagine new events, exciting things...best way to do this?    

One thought:  pay close attention to Nature, really "see it", and allow it to both calm and energize us.    

It's the best way to maintain our optimum selves!


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3 commentsLi Read • April 19 2010 05:33PM