The world doesn't revolve around you. It will continue to spin around every day even if you don't wake up and put in a full day of work. The sun will continue to rise. The phone will continue to ring. If you are starting a law firm, sometimes this is hard to remember. But what better time to talk about this than around the holidays.
Thanksgiving was on Thursday. As you know, I recently started my own law firm (which, by the way, when do you think it stops being recently and turns into something different, like some time ago, or "back when I started my law firm"), and when Thanksgiving rolled around do you know how much work I did? None. Do you know how much I thought about work? Very little. And you know what, when I checked my email and looked at my website, everything still worked, there were no emergencies, and everything was fine.
This is a lesson everyone needs to remember, for both the holiday season and the rest of the year. It is okay to take a day off from work. It is okay to remember why you are doing what you are doing (which probably involves something other than the law firm itself) and take some time to enjoy your friends and family and take some time to enjoy yourself. When you come back to work everything will still be functioning. And if there is an emergency, you can take care of it. I can guarantee you nothing will happen in one day that will hurt your business.
It's almost time for New Year's Resolutions (and 2010 goals). Don't forget to make it a priority to make your business work for you, and not the other way around.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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