February in Review
I continue to have a slow start to the year.
When you live, work, and breathe in the billable hour world, that can feel defeating.
And yet, if you've been following me for any amount of time you know my advice: use the slow times to your advantage.
So, I have.
In February, I:
🌟 Conducted 11 1:1s with colleagues, mentees, mentors, and collaborators.
🌟 Spent a weekend Up North with my family, including my Southern nephew and brother in law.
🌟 Appeared on a podcast.
🌟 Attended two judges night events in Milwaukee.
🌟 Initiated continued business development coaching and appearing-on-video coaching.
🌟 Completed my first Wills For Heroes pro bono clinic of the year.
🌟 Gave my Ethics + Wellbeing talk to a local bar association.
🌟 Followed up on several bus dev opportunities (referrals and litigation AFA work).
🌟 Had a full-day, solo bench trial.
🌟 Attended the University of Florida School of Law's eDiscovery conference (virtually--highly recommend).
🌟 Defended a deposition.
🌟 Began some training and learning about LegalOps.
🌟 Finished book number 11 of the year.
🌟 Caught up with friends over dinner and games.
🌟 Went to a new MKE restaurant with my husband, enjoying a very big-city-esque experience.
🌟 Continued my love of GenAI, sharing insights on recent case law and brainstorming how to keep the momentum going.
These monthly reviews and reflections help me remember that my worth and effort is not tied to the billable hour. They also remind me that even in what I deem slow times, my work and efforts show themselves in other ways.
So much of this career is laying the foundation--for the substantive work, always and of course, and also for the bus dev, which is a marathon that requires daily action and building a snowball.
My snowball is growing. Whether it is tomorrow, a year, three years, or five years from now, I know the efforts I'm doing now will pay off.
Here's to March and maybe, just maybe, spring on the horizon.
✌🏻♥️🔥
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