I launched my law firm last week! Getting my business off the ground is taking all of my energy lately, so I haven’t written here in a while, but I wanted to give a quick update.
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2021 Wins and 2022 Plans
New Year’s Eve has always been one of my favorite holidays. The changing of the calendar year is a perfect time to reflect on what has been and set my sights on what could be.
I don’t know about you, but 2021 was a tough year for me. It feels like a blur, or a continuation of the weird time-warp that began in March 2020. I spent much of this year just doing my best to make it through one day at a time. But looking back at the year in the aggregate, here are some of the things I accomplished in 2021:
Read moreThe Worst Advice I Ever Got
Early in my law school career, I received some career advice from an older and supposedly wiser person in the profession. This man wasn’t just a lawyer, he was a judge. And the advice he gave me was, in retrospect, terrible.
He had worked in several different legal roles in his career, in private practice and in public service on a local level. He had been a judge for about a decade when I encountered him. So what was his advice for my career?
Read moreWhat Do I Need to Know Right Now? What Else is Possible?
As I write this, my household is once again in quarantine because my son was exposed to COVID at daycare. When I got the news on Friday, a sense of dread came over me as I anticipated what the coming week would look like, working from home with a one year old and a three year old.
Read moreSelf-Employment Update
If you’re wondering when I’m going to stop talking about becoming my own boss and actually do it, I have an answer for you…
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