Peace and quiet, Maine small town living offers plenty of both.
At a state Maine REALTORS convention this past week in Portland, it was great to be in Maine’s largest city for lots of continuing education credits. To rub shoulders, to compare notes with other professionals from around the state is invaluable to my small Maine real estate operation up here in “The County”.
Congratulations to Martin Cates, Maine Association Of REALTORS “Realtor Of The Year” Awardee.
Well deserved for years of community volunteering, real estate listing sales mentoring service Martin!
Heading north up Interstate 95 after this year’s MAR convention wrapped up, I thought about all the many areas of Maine there are.
Hard not to as the mile markers rack up and township signs flash by the jeep passenger side windows.
One session speaker had done the math, counted over 480 communities in the great state of Maine.
That’s a big number of small towns. A lot of little communities in Maine.
The common denominator for many seemingly is lots of peace and quiet all for season.
A commodity not so plentiful in population centers outside of Maine. But don’t believe the low bidder ad agency that often wins the contract for providing out state generated tourist information.
I like see, hearing about the real deal Maine. Not the re-constituted spun kind that regurgitates old not accurate story lines.
Here’s the A-Z of what Maine offers in cartoon form.
Too many paint the picture that small Maine towns once were thriving but not anymore.
Change is inevitable in life and Mainers adapt, retool and press on in highly creative ways.
Squeezing more from what they spend is a life skill learned and earned early in life.
Picking in the potato fields, raking in blueberry barrens or harvesting seafood in fishing villages that dot the rock bound craggy Maine coastline.
Please don’t get the wrong impression about what it is like in Maine.
It’s an easy trap to fall into when many are waving their fingers and flapping their tongues. About something making them hot and bothered on the national stage.We don’t make everything about who you did or did not vote for last election, the one before that.
When from our perch in a small Maine town, we think the peace and quiet out in the vast low population setting is the key. To stay balanced and aware of what is really important in life.
Volunteering and helping others is what Maine simple living is all about in Vacationland.
Preserving family traditions and making sure the next generation is taught more than just how to survive life. But to enjoy and cherish how lucky we really are to live in a place so beautiful and unspoiled and not crowded.
Maine small towns are not sleepy but many just don’t get the press.
Nothing ho hum or boring. Undiscovered small Maine communities often feel like a step back in time by design.
What’s important is preserved and the respect passed on. All the members of the small Maine community have important jobs besides what they do for work.
Volunteering and signing up to do the task year after years helps all of us get to know the other community members. There is so much local talent and nothing needs to be “hired out”.
Small Maine towns surrounded by serene peace and quiet are left alone by politicians too.
Not enough voters to bother with and too much travel or ROI for their support. Everything is local, grass roots and home grown. Garden fresh close to home always beats out trucked in store bought right?
Simple living in Maine has a lot of advantages.
So waking up on a Maine lake, slurping my hot coffee and peering out over the water, I feel blessed.
Have my do list for the day back from the Maine REALTOR convention hammered out, am wrapping up the blog post on peace and quiet simple living.
Feeling energized to rise above and seize the day.
Knowing I really am so so lucky to live in one of the many small communities that make up the vast majority of the state of Maine. Where we talk not just text.
And most locals don’t suffer from FOMO.
Our energy is saved for the big challenges of day-to-day life.
Not feeling sapped, always filled with the fear of missing out and anxious that somehow, we are missing out on a perfect opportunity. That desperation only leads to hurried or financially unsound decision making.
Small town Maine living teaches you what priorities to keep straight and never forget to deep down contentment and happiness.
What really matters?
That easy living happens with peace of mind. That practical is not square. That debt is a cancer. Knowing relationships matter and need to be tended like a garden. And enjoying what you do for work, valuing your time is the secret. Thank you for reading, sharing, following our Me In Maine blog posts.
I’m Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers, ME Broker
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