Make no mistake about it. Once you decide to take the path less traveled, you’ll be shining a spotlight for those who chose to maintain their status quo. You’ll meet resistance. You’ll meet negativity. This is the reason that you must be your own best friend.
If you hate your Biglaw (or even not-so-big law firm job), here is a how to guide for Escaping Your Biglaw Job. Please note that escaping any job, especially one that you probably spent many years striving to get to, is not a linear process. It’s a journey.
Fear of failure was my primary motivator in life - I went to college then law school because I had to be "successful." In reality though, being driven from this place of fear of failure is damaging to your sense of self because we all fail - at some point in our life.
Maintaining humanity requires that I live consistent with my values, and one of the values I hold most dear is kindness. I do not believe you have to be unkind or cruel to win.
Breathe as if you’re sitting on the beach, by a river or wherever you want to be.
Day 1 (3/25/2016): Our 20x20 community garden. Finally!!! Starting to think about layout and adding markers. I asked my husband what we're doing today. His response? "Spreading manure." Day 2 (3/26/2016): Making progress! Blueberry, [...]
Laura Primus helps busy professional women transform their health by taking control of their mind-body connection instead of simply counting calories and increasing exercise.
Today is my birthday! I always hated having a December birthday because of how close it is to Christmas and New Years. But now that I'm older (and I think wiser), I appreciate having an end of year birthday because [...]