Stories

Stories drive your purpose, and define your life... the stories I tell myself matter, and they define my experiences. 

For the past 5 years (as long as I've been practicing), I've hated being a lawyer. 

• The hours are unpredictable
• Lawyers are jerks
• The clients are terrible
• I hate doing the work
• The research is unending
• SO much of it sucks

And I've tried everything - meditation, emotional exploration, art therapy, positive affirmations, focusing more on the work, focusing less on the work, medication... you name it!

But I have a secret - until 3 weeks ago, I also told myself that being a lawyer wasn't my choice, I was forced into it by someone else, and was just conforming to society's standards. 

I told myself that - all my life - I wanted to be a trainer, a policy wonk, a doctor, a life coach - literally anything except for a lawyer. I'm US$200,000 in debt, and I feel incredibly burdened by that. 

But...

• What if I tried to be happy? 

• What if I tried to "hack" the law profession so that I could actually feel fulfilled at the end of the day? 

• What if this is exactly where I'm supposed to be? 

These questions are what I'll be trying to answer in this blog. 

Along with...

• What makes someone "happy" while they're in a challenging, grueling, and difficult profession?

• How can someone with adult ADD can actually be successful in a detail-oriented profession? 

• What are some "mind hacks" that can help me learn faster and write more quickly? 

• How can I become a better lawyer and person? 

• How can I take care of my health, weight and mental sanity while working arduous hours? 

Hopefully it will help me, and ideally, it will help someone else. 

What I'm determined to do though, is to love my life - because there are so many great things going on. 

So...here it goes!