It's July!

Wow, the first half of 2008 is over!

What happened?

Did I blink?

What year it has been so far. Like a roller coaster, very much like the property market. I don't know why but working for yourself as opposed to receiving a monthly salary makes the time fly by faster. I think because you are so busy trying to fill gaps that you don't have as much time as you do when your budget actually balances when the bills come in.

Why am I doing this?

I have been toying with the idea of writing a blog for a couple of months now and the scary thing about a blog is the commitment a person must have to keep it current, interesting and up to date.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was all the bad news that we are being bombarded with lately. I honestly don't believe that things are as bad as people are telling each other and I plan to find positive subjects to write about.

I think my motivation is the fact the I left the safety of working for a big investment bank to start a career in real estate against many people's advice. I have now been doing this for 2 and a half years and although I have earned substantially less than I would have had I stayed in banking!

I absolutely love my new career and feel that for the first time in my life I have control and am free to do what I want to do.

My new motto, which I am borrowing from Cheryl Richardson is:

"Work Hard,
Have Fun,
No Drama!"