Making Time for Yourself
If your work has slowed down or if you are unfortunate enough to be in the job market already, it is easy to fall into a depressed stupor. But keeping a positive attitude is important as you look for work (or while you ride out a slowdown in your department). One way to keep up your spirits is to make sure to carve out time every day to do something you enjoy.
There are many ways to do this. What is most important is that you find ways to reinforce your own self worth by doing something and being successful at it. For some, this might be doing volunteer work (helping the homeless, providing pro bono legal services to an arts organization). For others, it might be playing music with friends, writing poetry, visiting museums, reading spy novels, running or playing tennis.
For me, it is spending time with my children (I really enjoy cheering them on when they play sports or perform in a play or concert) and playing squash. It is also writing this blog and my blog CounseltoCounsel.
Last week I learned that CounseltoCounsel had been named to the ABA Journal’s Blaw100 for the second year in a row. It was nice to get the positive feedback for something I enjoy doing and it was a nice to be successful at something at a time when it is difficult to be a successful recruiter.
So go do something that you enjoy and be successful at it. Your success may not necessarily put food on the table; but it will feed your ego and ensure that you keep a positive outlook when it is most important to project optimism.
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johnny on December 29th, 2008
3BH5WO Thanks for good post