Vernon! My life as a REALTOR®

A New Beginning

noreply@blogger.com (Joetographer) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:18:00 +0000

Its been a hard time in my life lately.

It has been the first time in my life that have a career that I truly enjoy, I wake up happy to go to the office and I look forward to helping people. My Dilemma is that I still find myself struggling. I am not using a system to ensure that I am consistently busy and in my industry that is very important. I have struggled with what it is that I am here to do and that has caused me to become stagnate and unproductive. As I slip further into trouble I still can't seem to snap out of the coma that I find myself in. BUT.....

I am committing myself to success! I have all the tools and support around me to achieve great success and I have come to the realization that I am the one who is holding me back, not the market conditions, or the time of year, or any other excuses that I fabricate in times of trouble.

Now it is my time to move forward and grab what is in front of me waiting. I will keep this blog up to date as to how I progress.

Thank you so much to my whole family for always being there for me when I may not be the nicest to be around. Special thanks to Mom and Sandy for always knowing how to treat me and be supportive in productive ways.

An Update

noreply@blogger.com (Joetographer) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:18:00 +0000

Well I haven't been very good about consistently writing in my blog but that can change. So over the last couple of weeks I have been very busy with preparing for the arrival of our first son. We had a wonderful shower that was shared by so many of our wonderful friends from around the Okanagan and Calgary. We stayed at an absolutely stunning house up at Silver Star Mountain. Then after a rather slow week I made my way out to Victoria for a fantastic friend's Stag, most of which I remember well.

So I have come to a realization recently that too much of my life is spent "floating" around, I am not controlling the direction in which I am going. I have tried to look into what has been missing in my life and I have come to a rather obvious conclusion. Goals! I have never truly challenged myself to achieve something that I have set out clearly. So over the last few weeks I have set out goals in all aspects of my life. I think that in setting out my goals I am ready to take on more. Success in all aspects of my life is generally the ultimate goal. I am happy, energetic, present, and driven.

I will share with you my journey towards achieving my goals. Thanks for reading!

Another Great Weekend in Vernon

noreply@blogger.com (Joetographer) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:36:00 +0000

So this weekend was full of exciting events and goings on. Friday evening was spent playing terribly at volleyball, still loads of fun though. After volleyball I and my beautifully pregnant wife went over to some friends house and enjoyed the rest of the night by hanging out and visiting. Sometimes in life a little time reflecting on some of the things we take for granted goes a very long way in helping us appreciate what a great life we have.

Saturday was another gorgeous day that started out with some shopping with Sandy and then I went to the sunshine fest. Sunshine fest is a great way to spend a couple of hours just wondering around the streets watching all the incredible people embrace and share their passion. It really shows the talent and life that Vernon has. I highly recommend checking it out next year.

Then it was father's day. Well I am extremely blessed to have a father that is madly in love with his family and it shows in all he does. My father is a critical part of who I am today and will be in the future. His ability to guide us and at the same time let us be our own humans is a quality that is enviable by many. Thanks dad for being there.

Well I suppose that is all for now. I may write another blog today, I am feeling somewhat creative. I must embrace it!

I love it!

noreply@blogger.com (Joetographer) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:11:00 +0000

When I was a kid I used to feel like I could do anything and go anywhere. The Okanagan was my world and it was the only place I cared to know. As I grew up I started taking this beautiful and amazing place for granted and found myself hung up on some of the problems that faced our community. In 1996 I moved to Vancouver Island and found a whole new world! While I lived there I always told myself that it was so much better than Vernon and the Okanagan, well I now know I was wrong. Don't get me wrong the Island is wonderful and amazing place full of adventures to be had and incredible people to meet. However when I returned to the Okanagan it was as if I had returned to a secret world that was grown over with life and just waited for me to uncover new surprises and adventures. I love it!

The Okanagan has become a world class place to live and visit. A few years ago we were the largest population base without a major University, what we got was the third biggest University in the country. At certain times in the year you could go hit the slopes for a few runs in the morning and still make it to your tee time at a world class golf destination. An international airport sits at our doorstep and graciously welcomes the world to come in and enjoy. Now a family can come and settle here and have their children grow up and go to a spectacular post secondary school and still live at home.

We live in one of the most beautiful places in the world and our ever increasingly busy lives can make it easy for us to forget that we have an entire world in our backyard. Get out there! Go live it, breathe it, taste it, drink it up, whatever your heart's desire is.

Life as a new Real Estate Agent

noreply@blogger.com (Joetographer) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:48:00 +0000

So I have finally got around to writing my first blog and I am not sure what I should be talking about; the market, the industry, the community... The list could go on. Well I will start today by just talking about what it is like for me so far.

I think that I really like this career. So far it has challenged me and frustrated me and excited me in ways that no other position has before. Being in the real estate business means that I have to be interactive with people through out the community and that has been great. I have joined a volleyball team and will be joining the chamber of commerce soon also.

Well I just read over what I have written so far and really it seems a bit dry. I will have to work on improving my creative writing skills in order for others to enjoy this.

That's all for today, short I know but I promise this blog will improve. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read it.