Tag Archive: Atomic Habits

How Fear Stopped Me from Capturing a Once in a Lifetime Real Estate Market Opportunity

The biggest deal of my life

Yesterday evening, I submitted an AOS for the largest deal of my lifetime.  By faaaaar.  Like orders of magnitude.

I didn’t feel scared.  My partner and I had thought through and carefully crafted all of the contingencies and clauses to protect us.  We conferred multiple times about various risk mitigation options.  I had been having good conversations with the seller’s broker.

This morning, my … Read more


In Investing, So Many Windows, Not Enough Mirrors

The Struggle

I am in “learning and putting into practice” mode, reading as many investing and mindset books as I can.  Podcast after podcast is in my ears as I walk and do laundry and cook.  My Audible credits are only used for building my mindset and future – unless it’s Vacation time and then I just listen to the next good mystery book in my wish list.  I watch … Read more


I feel like I’m in the dating world: How much should I chase after follow-ups?

 

Imagine this: 9th grade Anita.  Hurrying home from high school and racing to my Amma’s bedroom across from mine where there was an off-white corded phone on her nightstand.  Plopping down.  Waiting.  And waiting.  Day after day as the school’s Sadie Hawkins dance approached.  I had asked the boy.  He had smiled.  There was no response…yet.  (more on this story later in the post)

Folks, I need a rule … Read more


I Calendar Block Nearly Every Minute of My Day…and I Meet My Targets

A Sunday Hyper-Calendar Example

Why I Started Hyper-Calendaring

The most precious individual resources we have are time and health.  While much of health is genetic and/or hereditary as well as environmental, the rest of it is entirely dependent upon what we do with our time.  I was hit upside the head with this when I had my health challenges last year.  The only actionable thing I could do per my doctors was to exercise … Read more


Anita Book II: The First Chapter is Written

At 5:28 am on Thursday June 6th, 2024, I finally did it.  I finally finished something I started.  It may have taken me 4+ years, but I did it.  And I did it in a way that I am confident will stick.

In 2020, which for me is far more marked by the sudden loss of my mother that January from a suspected heart attack than the Coronavirus pandemic, I … Read more