One of the keys to happiness, in life and career, is valuing what you have. Everyone in our society forgets this from time to time, but lawyers do seem to have a special knack for it. That’s because we lawyers are trained to deconstruct, to find the flaw, to figure out what is wrong.
Focus your mind on what you can be grateful for, and you'll have more to be grateful for.
That kind of mindset can make us lose sight of what’s good in our lives and work. Even if, to quote a friend of mine from law school, your life feels like “a whirling, sucking vortex of despair,” there are still things about it to be sincerely grateful for. You might need to reframe a bit to see that.
I haven’t been in whirling-sucking-vortex mode for a while, and I’m deeply grateful for that. But I do let life’s annoyance and shortcomings get to me, and a post from a high school friend on Facebook reminded me of that (see #1 below, and thanks, T!).
So below, another completely random gratitude list. I know, you’re thinking all Oprah and dissing it, Continue reading
