I am just a phone Call Away!!!

Have you heard Charlie Puth's song "One Call Away"????

How many of us yearn to hear these words. I am just a phone call away. Many of us.

We wait for years sometimes decades just to hear our loved ones say " I am just a phone call away." And yet it is so difficult right for us to call and tell someone else the same.

This is not about intent. Almost always everyone has positive intent to an action, most of the times. I can vouch for myself that I mostly do.

This week you can say was my first week back to work in a way. I am a licensed Real Estate agent since February 2025. And after unemployment since June 2025 you can say I had the opportunity to make it full time and I had promised the same as well to my Team Lead. But that turned into attending Open houses and hosting others Open houses. Because still with kids at home full time, it was difficult for me to focus on Real estate.

To be honest my kids were never the problem. I was and maybe still am.

It is me who in my mind was afraid to call, of rejection and what not. But I tried my best as much as I could.

But now there is no excuse. 

I have only a limited time to see if this works or not.

And this is not about it working or not but rather an intention. What is my intention?

My intention is very simple. By the time my unemployment ends in December 2025 I should have 15 deals and should be a million DOllar producer.

But do my actions match to that of a million dollar producer.

I dont know. yet.

Regardless, I made it an effort to go to work in the morning now since both my kids are in school.THree days I was consistent. I talked, I networked. But today I slacked in  a way. 

More on that later.

As part of Real estate I started actually reaching out to my network, something that my team lead had told in the very beginning. I had compiled the list but never contacted. And As I started contacting people, I was expecting to be disheartened but I was surprised to see how many people I heard back from. And this time I was able to promote myself and ask for business. 

I am not sure if I get the business or not but the fact is as I called, often times I understood that those people were just waiting for a call, maybe mine maybe their friends or someone elses. But the warmth that I felt in those conversations it felt as if just by calling I was doing some form of good.

And it is during this week that I finally understood what probably my father in law used to do when he was overtly social. It was his form of networking. Even my dad spending time at the medical store in the hospital that he works in often even if does not have work, going to his friend, his brothers even if they dont come to his home was networking. Even my husband, though his sisters dont come often, his mother stays with his sister but still he goes there is all a form of networking of keeping in touch.

And I came so glad I got to do this. This is a skill I will keep on polishing because my Team lead gave me a golden peace of advice " We are in the business of relationships."

All my life maybe for everything that ever happened to me I blamed the other person's malicious intent. Maybe I still do to some extent to some people. But for the majority of the time I am now understanding whatever happened to me was a choice. The way people treated me was their choice, but when I chose to disengage , sure some may say, its best to cut off the relationship and this is a difficult thread to walk on but yes there could  have been another way to handle it.

What happens is when we have so much hurt in ourself often we forget to see others point of view and their efforts and sure there are some people who are always going to be a certain way. But it does not have to be a burden you carry. Do you get me. Its their burden.

My intent is very strong this time and I am going to make this work I know it in my heart.

But here is a reminder, there is someone on your mind, give them a call, Just say hello. If not maybe just shoot a text. And you will see the warmth.

I hope you have a best day ahead.