July 8, 2008

• Summer Update

  I know I have been derelict in keeping this blog updated, so here is a quick update and hopefully more regular updates from here on out.

  I have been spending the bulk of my summer as a summer associate at a real estate firm in Manhattan.  It is my first taste at working in the private sector and as a result I have made some significant decisions on the direction my legal career will headed in.  I have decided that for the time being, I am no longer interested in criminal law, at all, defense or prosecution.  I have also decided that for the time being, I am no longer interested in government work.  The private sector is more efficient and pays better.  My mind is basically made up.

  My third and final year of law school is fast approaching.  I have not been too pleased with my performance in the last two semesters.  I had been very distracted and not as motivated as I had started, but I have decided to go back to basics, basically committing myself to recreate the dedication and focus I had in my first year, especially my first semester.

  Working a 9-5 and commuting back and forth from the city every day has really thrown me off when it comes to working out, martial arts, performing arts, and flying.  My attendance at Jujutsu and Tae Kwon Do has been horrible, and that is probably an understatement.  I have one final level (8 weeks) of improv left at the People’s Improv Theater, but I have decided to hold off and wait until I can focus on it more intensely.  I have had absolutely no time to fly, and my gym attendance has been sporadic.  These things happen.  I’m going to Jujutsu tomorrow night and hopefully I can regain control over my schedule.

  Overall this summer has been about simplification.  I have been trying to find more and more ways to simplify my life to focus on things that matter most to me.  So far I have made several important improvements or perhaps I should call them simplifications.  Hopefully I can incorporate some more.

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