I don’t know about you, but in a world marred by COVID-19 and the systemic racism punctuated by the George Floyd tragedy, I’ve been chugging through my practice in a state of unparalleled energy depletion. Many of my colleagues have said the same thing. It got me to thinking about what is happening.
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I have found that one of my most persistent challenges is balancing the competing demands of well-being and productivity. In its’ calmest state, my law practice consists of readiness and response to emergency and tragedy (otherwise known as detention/bail hearings, status conferences and sentencings).
When trial looms, as we all know, life turns into a category 5 hurricane and everything else gets little to no focus. Post-trial, when our world stops spinning and we are at maximum exhaustion, we are hit with the wave of demands that were put off while we were consumed with trial. We dig deep and attend to everything that we can until we get back to the calm waters of mere emergency and tragedy. This makes scheduling, routines and consistency challenging. Establishing self-care routines are a casualty of this war for me.
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