What are the best ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in Real Estate?

Real estate is challenging. Your clients always need you! For the sake of your mental health, it is important to set boundaries and "turn off" at the end of the day. Separating your personal life from your professional one is crucial to preventing burnout. At times, it's easy to get "lost in front of your laptop" and not move for long periods of time. If I'm working on files, I make it a point to get up and move, even for 10 minutes at a time, just to get my blood pumping again. Do you work remotely like I do? Put those earbuds in and take phone calls while walking around. Get out and take a walk if you can! We work hard at taking care of our clients. But do you work to take care of yourself too? Take that time out for YOU!

Boundaries are an effective to dedicate appropriate time for exercise, however... In the nature of Real Estate, not taking a call, or replying to an email could result in minor or major financial loss or gain. So finding the right balance of client contact and personal time is a ongoing maintenance. For example, most people aren't looking at homes before 8 or 9am (generally speaking), so getting in a short workout before the day starts is a perfect way to get charged up, start the day before the phone starts buzzing. Ultimately, a consistent good nights rest will offset the stress from day. One thing that helps my clients and I is setting an alarm to 'switch off' and prepare for bed. Not much good happens after 9pm. Except for rest.

Create a caring support system. Real estate can have its challenges, with the feeling that you have to be on call 24/7. Having loving people in your life, such as close friends and family, is incredibly helpful. They can help you stay grounded and take breaks when you need to. They see the other side of you that isn't the work side, so you can still pursue your goals and enjoy life while doing it. They are your cheerleaders in your corner when days get long and hard. An expansive support system can help you maintain a healthy lifestyle.

One of the challenges in creating a healthy lifestyle in Real Estate is time management between professional work and family life. There is a self-imposed guilt that comes sometimes from not being fully engaged in either activity when participating in the other. I used to write daily to-do lists of tasks that needed to be accomplished, and thought as a working mother, I was doing okay. However, at the end of the day, I had an uncompleted to-do list that left me feeling anxious and behind in my work for the next day and with unmet family needs. When I switched to time-blocking my work and family activities on my calendar instead, my lifestyle improved dramatically, and everyone I work with noticed a marked difference in my demeanor.

Nearing the end of 2023 is a perfect time to plan ahead for 2024. It is time to reflect on goals and what it takes for you to reach them. Make your goals attainable with the activities you assign to them. You can always adjust both along the way. I like time blocking in half hour to hour segments with a break in between. When you get your 2024 planner, is the time to start time blocking. Time block your work related trips, your vacations, holidays and take at least one long weekend a month. After that start time blocking your days. Be realistic with something that you can adhere to. This enables you to keep a routine know exactly what you need to be doing during the day. Celebrate your achievements and remember to be grateful.

The Real Estate industry wasn't designed to make people healthy. There's 1 thing that must be the primary focus, which i'll explain in a sec. Meal prepping isn't easy if there are appointments all over town and you're nowhere near a kitchen. If a client wants to go to lunch the options might be unhealthy. Some days, it might be impossible to eat for 4 hours or longer. So the key to eating well in Real Estate is convenience. Like keeping protein bars, shakes, jerky or fruit on hand. For a quick healthy snack on the go. And to maintain energy, avoid processed carbs, like bread or pastries in the morning. Instead focus on protein and fats to avoid an energy crash. Avoiding caffeine after lunch helps prevent a negative impact on sleep.

Real Estate is the best job for having a healthy lifestyle ???? You set your own schedule, you have the ability to stop throughout your day and go to the gym. There are always healthy options to eat while you are out and about, and you can visit your office or home base for food. Constantly having meetings allows you to have lots of coffee, which keeps your appetite suppressed. All that caffeine also makes you super stimulated and efficient!

Work/life balance. Yes, you've heard it over and over. But did you learn it? I did, the hard way. Work hard, play hard and TAKE TIME OFF. Get away from the laptop/desktop during the workday, take a day off, turn off the phone sometimes or leave it home for a bit. And don't let clients/customers take advantage of you. If you let them, they will. Set boundaries and set them early. And if you are afraid to "make a tough call" because it might cost you money that should tell you something. Your mental health will always be more important than money. I promise.

To be successful in real estate and in life, you have to prioritize activities and foster habits that help you reach your goals. Staying healthy and fit are critical to enjoying your life, staying mentally healthy, maintaining energy and stamina, and aging well. A successful real estate career is important, but health is where real wealth is. So, make a plan, time block so you don't skip healthy meals, and you prioritize movement, and realize your health is more important than your career.

First, you must run your business as a business. When was the last time you reached out to a mhor company at 10:30 to review things? You haven't because most businesses have hour of operation. People will work you to death if you let them. Second, have some self respect. You would never want to work with someone who begged for your business. Don't beg for business. Third, have an idea of the type of client you would like to work with and hone your marketing to reach that client. Generalization is a thing of the past.

There's a few things that will help busy real estate professionals to stay fit and strong with exercise: → Daily step targets. Some days will be busy, with many appointments, inspections and lots of movement. Which is great for a higher step count. But on the quieter days, it's equally as important to aim for a healthy step count. The optimal minimum steps to feel great and maintain above average fitness is 8000 steps per day. More is a bonus, but using opportunities to walk and talk, park further away, take the stairs = all adds up. → Use a 24/7 gym chain. This way, you can use gyms all over town at anytime. Even a short workout counts! Convenience and flexibility are the 2 keys to staying in healthy shape as a busy RE professional.

I've found that discipline and consistency are key with exercise. It's hard some days to get up when the alarm goes off, but I know I will feel so much better after a work out. I try to do something first thing in the morning before the office. I also try to add things in that will bring health benefits and benefit my clients. I may walk on the beach and grab some sunrise pictures, walk the dog in the neighbor with listings, or walk with a client or friend while kids are at practice.

Recovery is underrated in the entrepreneurial world. Business owners should start thinking of themselves as athletes. An athlete will hurt him/herself trying to workout for 8-12hrs straight, with no sleep and no nutritious meals to properly refuel themselves. Being rich isn’t cool. Being rich and physically/mentally healthy is cool

You also need to be kind to yourself, reward yourself even for small achievements not always waiting for Big Ones. Real Estate agents tend to be workaholic, measuring your success by the number of sales and if not achieved they get upset about it.

Like many industries, Real Estate can be a fast paced, high stressed game. With this in mind, it's important not to set unrealistic expectations. For example: → Workouts aren't the #1 priority, they're likely 3rd, 4th or 5th on the list. And that's okay. We only need to workout just enough to stay fit, strong and healthy. It's not about trying to be an ironman AND a top professional. → "Never Miss Twice" - James Clear. If things don't go to plan, that's okay. One bad day won't ruin a whole week or month if tomorrow is back on track. → Burning out and falling off the wagon will happen, if we push too hard, too fast and too much all at once. Instead, set a minimum effective dose pace, hit the targets and let results compound over time.

Some days I have buyer showings from 9-4 and it would be easy to grab crackers or protein bars so we could see more homes. I try to schedule in a lunch at a local salad or healthy restaurant for 3 reasons: 1. Introducing buyer to a local restaurant 2. Time to talk about what homes we've seen, what buyers like and why 3. A healthy meal instead of on the go food.

In my experience taking moments to care for yourself, whether it’s taking a break and enjoying a view or meeting a friend for lunch, are important. You can be bombarded with client requests and find you’re putting in a lot of time and energy to your work. But knowing you have permission to give yourself a break and you’ll take those in small (or big) moments of time will be helpful and encouraging!

Three tops self-care tips for Realtors: 1. Hydrate: keep 2 water bottles in your car 2. Slow Down: schedule an extra 15 min between showings for the unexpected., less stressful 3. Listen to great music in your car while driving in between appts!