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Signs Of A Declining Civilization.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Have Co-Workers I Have To Apologize To.

But, if I did, I could take some pointers from Rat about how not to do it.

#FridayDance - Griffi, The Amazing Dancing Cockatoo.

I have a special place in my heart for parrots that begin their life in abusive situations. My Umbrella Cockatoo, Pinot, was kept in a closet, like today's dancing star, Griffi, before I rescued her. So, if you want to know why we dance on Friday, a custom initiated by friend, Simone Marstiller, check out Griffi, the dancing Cockatoo.

 

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Have CoWorkers, And I Don't Have To Be Psychic.

#PoetryFriday - Trees And Leaves And Other Wonders.

As Fall approached,
he thought about the leaves,
short lives spent tethered to a tree,
growing old
and falling to the earth,
only to crumble
and join the earth
in a roiling soup of life,
circular
and destined to repeat.
They burst forward
from the branches,
lithe and green,
with shiny exteriors
and no wrinkles.
Beaten back by the wind
and weather,
pummeled by falling branches,
dying quick deaths
when their support
fell to the ground,
they were exposed to the elements
and had no defenses.
How did they deal with the death
and destruction that came upon them?
What could they do
in the face of a certain end?
Then,
in a flash of insight,
he realized that it wasn’t his decision.
It wasn’t for him
to worry about the leaves.
It wasn’t for him
to find a solution
to things beyond his control.
Instead,
his only task
was to care for the leaves,
to admire their beauty,
and to follow them on their life journey,
until they joined the rest of the earth,
and rested until they could make the journey again.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Have To Convince My Boss To Allow Me To Work From Home.

How To Convince Your Boss To Let You Work From Home. I confess that it never occurred to me, while I was learning about how tech could allow me to be a lawyer wherever I happened to be, that I am fortunate to be a solo. Of course, there are benefits to being in a large law firm, and the economies of scale create much opportunity for challenging work and big money; but, in the final analysis, at least for me, it was about the freedom to live my life as I chose. And, being able to work at home until my first appointment at 10 A.M, or to go home at 2 P.M. to watch a baseball game, or deciding what tech and software the firm would use, and every other freedom available to the solo, makes it all worthwhile. Where are you working today?

#TBT - Tech Evolving Into Smaller And Smaller Devices.

#WhyIAmASolo - Nobody Can Con Me Into Going To Ask Alice.

One of the benefits of solo practice is that the firm doesn't have an Alice. Nor does it have a Wally to con poor unsuspecting coworkers into a trip to the lion's den.

Mustang Sally Running From The Police And Hiding In New York City.

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Have To Listen To Advice From Hamlet Wannabes.

Everybody wants to tell everyone else what is wrong with their choices. Some want to control our choices. Parents, friends, politicians, clergymen, Doctors, other lawyers, and a rogue's gallery of human beings who think they are the repository of wisdom about how you should live your life. Hamlet lectures poor Horatio on the futility of life: "Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio" begins an oration that is generally about Hamlet's superior understanding of life. The quote in today's cartoon that demeans Horatio's understanding of life and the way to live it. However, it is Hamlet who makes bad choices, and dies, isn't it? Nobody can make better choices about your law practice and life than you can. Precisely because there are many things that depend upon fate, and luck, and being in the right place at the right time. Seek your inner counsel, and listen, but don't blindly follow the alleged experts. I am not telling you to pursue a solo law practice. But, I am telling you to make the decision yourself. Sooner or later, we are all poor Yorick.