Congrats! And thanks on the advice :)

Your sister sounds like a badass! Can’t imagine doing this with kids! My husband and I have talked about having a kid in the next few years and while law school + pregnancy is an intense prospect I figure if Amy Poehler can work her way through a baby so can I. Also my sister had multiple kids over the course of med…

Thanks! Words of reassurance definitely help. I think I just got my head spun this week. But ‘fessing up to feeling lost, having folks understand, and stepping up my meditation has helped!

One-on-one communication wasn’t really the problem (proof below) - I think the misstep was more about perspective? I was just surprised that, among a group that is often defined by drive and ambition they were perfectly happy to sit in silence and say nothing, waiting for the professor to provide the answer. I went to…

I’ve seen SO MANY of my friends get into their 30s and 40s and switch to law, public service, social worker, therapy - the trend is profound! I think part of it is you begin to put some pieces together on who you are and what you want out of life and often it turns out the hustle of that first career comes into…

Yes! I definitely plan to do that. I was told not to bother for the first month and focus on getting the work done as I wouldn’t have enough context for the practice tests to even matter. Maybe not a bad idea, though, just to get them and just give ‘em a look so they stop being such a mystery.

Thanks! It’s crazy how the panic can fill the air and get to you. I’m going in for a very specific reason to do a career shift towards public interest (though keeping open to alternate routes should they really click) but realizing how consciously I’m going to have to keep my head down and focused. Motto to be “be…

Started Law School this past week. Didn’t expect it to bring up so much emotional turmoil. I (stupidly?) approached it just like starting another job, albeit a very, very tough job. And I’ve have plenty of demanding jobs. The hours and the work didn’t scare me.