I read an article about a panel discussion at the recent International Bar Association conference in Sydney, Australia focused on what happiness means for lawyers. The speakers discussed how attorneys can measure their happiness in ways beyond the traditional yardsticks of money and job title and professional stature. One such new measure is “self-actualizationâ€. One

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I stayed as an attorney longer than I wanted to, in part because I wanted to make sure I got a return on my investment. The investment I made in going to law school and becoming a lawyer. I felt like I would be giving up if I left the law. I felt I would

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I started keeping a journal ever since the big earthquake hit San Francisco in 1989. Watching the fires in the City on television, my grandmother said, You should write this stuff down. So I started writing stuff down. I’ve kept a journal ever since. And especially throughout law school. As a 2L struggling in CrimPro class,

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“Yeah, it’s okay, it’s not horrible, it’s alright, I mean . . . it’s cool.†You may think of yourself as a great, fun, generous, exciting person. You may consider your job as an attorney, however, to be just okay. And since you spend a good part of your life at your job, if your

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My 7 year old son and 10 year old daughter are so curious and inquisitive. Exploring, asking, wondering, probing, arguing. It got me thinking that I have let my curiosity lapse. Of course, I’m 43 years old and know more than they do. But this isn’t about me knowing more than my children, so I

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