Why the holiday season is NOT the time to set up a new office..

Wow.  These next 4 weeks are just going to be insane. I am definitely rethinking the wisdom of trying to open a law practice over the holidays! I feels so stressed and panicked about how I am going to get it all done! I have incredible amounts of work to do before leaving my current position (which is piling up as I take the precious time to write this entry!). I really don't want to leave a shit-ton of work for my successor who also happens to be one of my very best friends..I'd like to keep that relationship intact! But oh MAN is it hard to focus.

I still like the idea of starting the new year totally fresh and on my own. If we forwent Christmas this year, this would totes doable and this blog entry would not be written. We just got through Hanukkah and now the real Christmas preparation begins! We've had our tree up for 4 days and it has about 1/20th of the ornaments up..sad state of affairs really. I can't even keep track of what presents I have for who! Hopefully we have the same number of presents for both kids or we are in deep doo-doo. Last year I was the shining example of holiday organization - had my gift app all up to date with information, budget etc.. this year is a free for all frenzy on Amazon.

So let me backtrack a tad and explain why things are crazier than they should be.

1. Ever since I got the harebrained idea that I should open my own solo law practice, that is pretty much all I think about.

2. While I have not been taking new cases, my old ones are not closing as quickly and cleanly as I thought they would.

3. My husband is quitting the family law component of his practice and referring all calls to me - so I'm actually getting cases and work. But when am I going to get that done?! So while it's heartening to know that I will be starting my solo venture with actual clients, I am having a difficult time spending adequate time on those cases.

Okay. So I have FOUR MORE WEEKS to try to get this together. I am no longer under any illusions that I will have a fully set up office come January 2, 2014. I will be stoked if the lights work and my Keurig is up and running.