7:30 AM

You start your day at Flexit Café on Main Street in downtown Ellsworth. This cozy café serves fresh coffee, baked goods, and breakfast items in a welcoming space. Under new ownership as of 2025, it’s still a community gathering spot where you’ll see familiar faces every morning.

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8:30 AM

You head to your office on Main Street. As a real estate agent specializing in Downeast properties, you help people find homes across Hancock County — from waterfront cottages on the Blue Hill Peninsula to year-round homes in Ellsworth and Surry. With remote work driving demand and more people discovering this part of Maine, business has been strong. This morning you’re prepping listing photos for a renovated farmhouse in Sedgwick.

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12:00 PM

For lunch, you drive a few minutes to Birdsacre, also known as the Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary. This 200-acre preserve has walking trails through forests and along a pond, and it’s home to a small nature center with resident birds of prey. You eat your packed lunch on a bench by the pond.

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1:00 PM

After lunch, you show a property in Surry to a couple relocating from Boston. They’re both remote workers looking for land, water access, and a slower pace. You drive them past the Union River and out to a cape with views of Blue Hill Bay. By the end of the showing, they’re already talking about making an offer.

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5:00 PM

After work, you paddle the Union River. Ellsworth sits at the head of Union River Bay, and the river offers calm, scenic paddling right in town. You put in your kayak near the falls and paddle downstream, watching herons and osprey along the banks.

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7:00 PM

For dinner, you head to Finn’s Irish Pub downtown for a burger and a pint. The pub has a friendly, casual atmosphere and is one of the year-round gathering spots in Ellsworth’s small but growing downtown.

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8:30 PM

After dinner, you walk to The Grand Auditorium, Ellsworth’s historic theater. The Grand hosts live music, films, community events, and visiting performers throughout the year. Tonight it’s a folk music concert by a touring New England act.

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10:30 PM

Back at home, you appreciate what Ellsworth offers — a growing economy as the Downeast gateway, a manageable cost of living, and easy access to Acadia and the coast. For someone in real estate, there’s no better place to be right now.