The end of a day of studying.
I’m taking my blog inspiration from another blog writer today… Jen Rouse, a talented writer, who, once upon a time, taught me my crime beat job back at the newspaper.
Last week, Jen announced her goal for the year: “just be awesome.”
She didn’t mean it in the sense of I’m-the-best-person-in-room but more the idea of living your best day to day. And I like that idea. So here’s my “just be awesome” list as it applies to law school (or what I know of law school after two weeks):
1. Be early. As much as I loathed my undergraduate professor’s mantra, it’s true: “Early is on time. On time is late. And late is unacceptable.”
2. Be prepared. These law professors will call your name when you least expect it.
3. Relax. As much as possible. Enjoy the half hour of TV time or the 15 minutes of for-fun reading before falling asleep.
4. Be nice. Be the person people want to study with, not avoid, in the library.
5. Remember my motto… Dress well, test well. (I haven’t really had the opportunity to test this theory in law school but I assume it will work just as well as before.)
Note: Thanks, Jen.
Love your first item on the list. I made sure to share that one with Abby. She’s not a huge fan of being early.
I hope it works for you! So far for me “being awesome” today means that I chose to actually fold my laundry tonight instead of letting it sit in the dryer, and that I spent time prepping for an interview I have tomorrow instead of winging it…however, I have in no way mastered the being early thing. We were 20 minutes late to church today! I hate that. Hope you have more success with it than I have