So You Fucked Up This Week... And Why It's Important To Not Look Back
Let me preface this post with the fact that a lot of 1Ls are just now having their very first "what the fuck did I get into" panic attack, and this post is mostly for them. But the advice stands whether you're in 2LHell, 3Lol'ing, or off in the real world as a baby lawyer. You are going to fuck up. Everyone fucks up. You are not special; you cannot avoid this. Even the best of us fuck up. The bigger responsibility you have is what you do after you fuck up. And the answer is you keep going. Let's say you shit the bed on your readings this week. Going back to try to catch up is just going to put you in a cycle of being behind on future readings, not being able to focus on the new materials in class because you're going to be constantly bombarded with the reminder that you're still behind in readings, and generally put you in a bad place mentally to start preparing for finals. I have seen people forgo beginning to study for finals because they haven