Category: ESCAPE

The Toughest Job in Real Estate

Reflections A team of experts A lot of professionals contribute to the sale of a home. The real estate agent is that hard-working primary point of contact. Her team includes a staging expert, marketing professionals, web designers and social media pros. The handyman helps with last-minute punch list work and touch-ups. There’s also the inspector, […]

Let’s Sell the Diamond Ring

So baby let’s sell your diamond ring Buy some boots and faded jeans and go away This coat and tie is choking me In your high society you cry all day – Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons, as performed by Waylon Jennings Reflections It’s not a diamond ring we’re selling, but a 5 acre, forested property […]

Breaking Up With My Professional Doppelgänger

Reflections LinkedIn Identity Crisis I took a look at my LinkedIn profile today. It made me laugh a bit, because I barely recognize that person. The photo, the accomplishments, the network, the work history, it all seems like it belongs to another person. And I guess, in a way, that’s the case. Because even as […]

Four Memorable Corporate Personalities

Reflections Twenty-seven years is business has given me plenty of exposure to a wide variety of corporate personalities. I’m going to outline here four of my most memorable. I can’t really call them favorites. Note: This post is meant for a cynical laugh for experienced business folks who have a sense of humor. If you […]

You’re Doing What? Trading Colorado’s Peaks for Kentucky’s Green

Reflection I’ve had plenty of practice the past several weeks saying it: I’m moving from Colorado to East Kentucky. You’re doing what? Why are you doing that? Are you crazy? What’s in Kentucky? Not one person initially utters supportive words. Most people are incredulous. “Why are you leaving? That’s where I dream of retiring!” one […]

A Talk With Kate: Letting Wisdom Take a Backseat to Wonder

Reflections A Chance Encounter in the Outdoors On a recent summer camping trip with my husband and friends, I had the pleasure of meeting Kate, a vibrant young woman in her early twenties who worked at the ranch where we were staying. She radiated the kind of boundless energy, enthusiasm, and wide-eyed optimism about life […]

Breaking the Emotional Bond to Place

Reflections When I moved up to Colorado from Texas as a young 20-something, I initially assumed that the Pikes Peak Region would be a temporary stopping point on my journey onward. Perhaps my next stop would be the inland Pacific Northwest (i.e. Idaho panhandle or Montana). As beautiful as Colorado was, my heart was on […]

Keeping the Courage to Leap into What’s Next

Reflections The tension between who I have to be at work and who I really am is just getting to be too much. It’s exhausting to be the high performer with the master’s degree and a quarter century of experience. I’m just not her anymore. In fact, I don’t want anything to do with her. […]