May 29, 2009 I decided I have poor stress management skills. Yes, I have been working out, but that doesn't appear to be enough. Honestly the Real Estate business in general especially one focused in NYC Rentals is really stressful. It's funny because the clients often are so stressed out over the entire process of renting an apartment but we have to do it over and over again for years and years since we specialize in it. Honestly managing your stress is a really hard thing to do. We all know what the tools are- meditation, yoga, acupuncture, ect. But making the time and finding the time and really being dedicated to doing these things every day has truly been a challenge for me. I know I am blessed to have a great little business. We are good at what we do, so we provide a great service to other New Yorkers. We do the best we can do bring integrity to work every day, to be first come first serve and honest and fair. That certainly helps-being committed to honest service I mean-because I am sure those Brokers that lie to people are even more stressed out then I am! Ha.

But still commission based businesses in general are stressful. It's hard managing a staff-"Adina" right? I always have to be positive. So when I'm not I tend to stay away from the office. Lucky for me, I can take care of what I need to from my Blackberry. I work from home or from my house in East Hampton and just try to "get back to myself" as the expression goes.

In the mean time May was a very busy month with lots of people renting apartments through us. I am grateful for that. I want people to know how much goes in to running just a small little business like mine. It's so easy to loose yourself in the worry. You always wonder what's your next step and you want to be a success so that your staff can be more successful too. At least that's how I feel. My agents come to work every day because of me and a platform of work that I built from nothing. I know I should be proud. But with all this comes.. stress. So today I promised myself to find a yoga class. That will be a start. Because if I stressed out Adina can do all this, maybe a centered Adina can do so much more.

To be continued.