The other day, I was feeling somewhat down.  It wasn’t bad, and you probably wouldn’t have even realized it if you were around me – but I was.  Then out of the blue, an old friend that I hadn’t heard from in awhile sent me an encouraging message about me writing…

In my new job as a mortgage consultant, there are numerous things I still don’t know how to do.  Fortunately for me, when I am stuck, there are resources within our organization readily available to help me.  We have on our company-wide training site with numerous job aids that explain…

We got snowed in last week! In the Metro Nashville area we had almost 6 inches of snow over the course of several days.  When we lived in Michigan for several years this wasn’t that big a deal because it happened all the time and the state was prepared for…

As I am trying to learn my new job I haven’t been that good lately learning when to stop working all together and be with my family. I love my new job… but the Mortgage Industry is totally new to me!  There are so many nuances to helping people with their home…

I don’t know about you, but I work from home 100% of the time right now due to the pandemic. It seems that many other people are exclusively working from home right now too.  What I have notice more than not is that etiquette has been thrown out the window…

I’m not much of a New Year’s Resolution guy. I’m more of a goal-setting guy.  I haven’t ever been able to keep New Year Resolutions that much, and probably by this point in the new year many folks have already broken or forgotten their New Year Resolutions  – and are…

With the Christmas and New Year season upon us, it has been a time for me to finally take a small break.  Most of the year I have spent hustling to do any type of job I could to generate some revenue until I recently found my new career and…

A loan officer in my state was working a loan with a client in another part of Tennessee.  As they were starting to gather the information needed to help this client, working back and forth with them, they received a message from someone in corporate that asked for permission to…

Thanksgiving is behind us, and it is always a time of year that we reflect on being thankful for all the things that we have. But as I was trying to write my blog post this week, I noticed I wasn’t feeling that grateful. I’m not saying I’m sad or depressed or…

Something that I have battled with my entire life is overthinking everything.  I overthink what to have for breakfast.  I overthink my route to the store. I overthink how long it will take me to do a project at work. I overthink whether I will be successful on my new…