Does Life Seem Stressful? Peace Starts With You!

April 7, 2022

By Emily Cressey

Peace should start with you!

As gas prices wise, the news blares, and bombs explode, are you finding a way to create peace for yourself – a little each day?

My son reading the newspaper

With Russia and Ukraine in the news, there’s lots of fear and anxiety afloat. My son is reading the newspaper and giving me regular reports on death, mayhem, and destruction.

Since I feel pretty helpless to assist with that situation directly, I’m looking for ways to keep positive and help from a distance. Who else believes in the power of prayer?! 🙏

I try not to dwell, or ruminate.

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Every day when I get up, I read something positive, stay off social media for an hour or two, and enjoy being with my kids and driving the carpool to school.

I find when I have lots of listings, closings, and contracts to work on, I can keep moving forward and don’t waste a lot of time or energy worrying about things I can’t control.

I find I’m squeezing my kids a little more and telling them I love them with a little more purpose.

By 8:00 AM I’m in the office and absorbed by work.

What about you? Do you like to watch the news coverage? How does it make you feel?

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Emily Cressey was outstanding during our home buying process in a market not advantageous for the buyer.

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“Emily Cressey was outstanding during our home buying process in a market not advantageous for the buyer. She made sure that we went through all the list of priorities in what we were looking for in a home. Emily went to work researching locations/competitive prices… reaching out to sellers agent when we lost on a bid to figure out where we fell short. Always on time at home tours and a text/phone call away at each and every point .Emily has been wonderful with after home buying resources and l have found a realtor for life !if you are buying a home… she is the real estate agent you want/need by your side. Thanks @Emily Cressey” – Roxanne

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“When my wife and I decided to sell our home in Marysville, WA, we got referred to Emily Cressey by our pastor. Emily came out and helped us plan what to do and when to do it since we didn’t have very much time to get the house ready before our move out of state. From furniture arranging, cleaning, professional photography, videos and drone shots – Emily got the job done when it came to marketing our home. We had a big open house, and we could see on our ring camera how people were lining up outside to come in and see the home. Buyers started sending us offers the first day the home came on the market, but we held fast, waiting to see what the market would bring us. Because Emily was familiar with the market values in the area through her research, we had a good idea of what to expect and when we got an incredibly strong early offer, we decided to take it and sold our home for 35% over the asking price. Emily’s professionalism, organization and marketing really came through for us and we were thrilled, and so was the buyer. We would happily refer her to others and have actually already done so!” – Nick H.

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