Get Out Of The Office And Go Buy An Envelope.

This fascinating post about an interviewer asking Kurt Vonnegut about a passage in his then newly published book, Man Without A Country, struck a chord with me. A few years ago, my longtime secretary and right hand woman retired. She wanted to spend her remaining years tending her house and garden. By then, I was relying more and more on technology, and figured I would slow down anyway. So, I decided to go without a secretary or paralegal, and do everything myself. Amazingly, I discovered that, while I spent less time at the desk, and a lot of time doing mundane things, like taking the mail to the post office, or going to the office supply store, or other errands, that I was having fun meeting new people, and enjoying the excursions. I made some dear friends at the Post Office and the other places I went, and every trip held new wonders. Computers and technology are wonderful, and they make us better lawyers; but, we must never forget, as Vonnegut reminds us, that we are dancing creatures, and we need to get out and about in the world, and have fun. So, try to avoid delegating the mundane stuff. Get out there yourself. You might be surprised how much fun you have.