1. Waking up on the couch, still dressed from yesterday, you remember that you stayed up all night making sure everything was ready for today’s closings.
2. You managed to shower and change, making it to the office just in time for your first closing -- but not in enough time to eat breakfast. So … a Snickers bar from the conference room candy jar will have to do!
3. You’ve now made it through the morning and you’re starving! But there’s still so much to do … and so little time. Looks like you’ll have to eat lunch while copying closing packages.
4. As you’re about to head to a closing, you receive a frantic call from the realtor asking if you can accommodate a last-minute change to the file. In your calmest voice you agree to make the change, but when you hang up you feel like pulling your hair out.
5. After making the last-minute change to the client’s file, you race out of the office, headed for your car. You are so determined to make it to the closing on time despite the delay.
You might even put on a pair of comfy running shoes for the sprint to the car -- can’t scuff up the heels!
6. You’ve reached the location of the closing. Before you walk in the door, you take a moment to compose yourself, channeling all the calm and sanity you have left in your exhausted mind and body.
7. The closing goes smoothly! All your hard work has paid off.
8. As you walk out to your car after the closing, relief sweeps over you. One closing complete for the day. Whew!
9. Your coworkers aren’t cheering you on, but you’re definitely cheering for yourself. On the inside, you’re screaming with excitement. Another closed file!
10. You might even be more excited than Buddy the Elf every time he thinks he spots Santa in a New York City department store.
11. Now, at the end of the day, it’s time to celebrate your hard work! You grab some of your friends who you haven’t been able to see all week since you’ve been grinding to make sure you could complete the files in time for today’s closings.
12. But let’s be real -- you’re too tired to celebrate for long.
After celebrating with friends, you return home, where you finally feel like you can relax. You think to yourself, I really deserve a vacation!
13. Before going to bed, you look at yourself in the mirror, and you know that you are a BOSS. You think back over the rollercoaster of emotions of the day, and now you feel more confident in yourself.
14. You go to bed for your much-needed and well-earned rest. You relish this rare moment of peace and quiet. You know the grind begins again tomorrow, but you don’t have to think about that right now.
