It has been awhile since my last post. I finished up my job and have barely had time to sit down and even read email, let alone blog about what is happening in my life. I have less than two weeks until classes start, and I can feel the time starting to close in on me.
I am starting to feel anxious. I know that I posted about this before, but it’s definitely creeping in much more than it had been.
I am anxious to learn who my classmates will be. I will have to spend every day for months learning with these people, and some of them may be great assets to me. On the other hand, others may be complete annoyances from what I’ve read and heard from other law students.
I am anxious to learn what my class schedule is going to be like. I want to know if I will have time to get to the gym or meet friends for dinner. I want to know if I will be able to contain most of my studying to the weekdays and weeknights so that maybe my weekends can be free. I want to know who my professors are going to be and what they are like.
I am anxious to see if I can do this. By ‘this’ I mean law school in general. I did very well in undergrad, and I did well in high school. I have a decent combination of booksmarts and common sense. I have a knack for reading and writing. But I know that all of that stops mattering the first day I set foot on campus. I will have to retrain myself in reading. Legal writing is far different from the flowery prose I have become accustomed to.
That said, I am incredibly excited as well. There is nothing I love more than a challenge, and I have a sneaking suspicion that I am going to love the challenges I face at law school.
2 Comments
August 11, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Step one: BREATHE
Step two: Relax.
You’ll be fine. You will adjust to the style of reading in writing required in law school. 98% of law students do.
Most likely you WILL have enough time to get all of your reading and studying done on week nights and one weekend day. Treat it like a 9-5 job and you will have plenty of time to get it all done on most days.
August 13, 2008 at 11:33 am
Remember that you can’t change anything by being anxious…so it’s best not to worry about it.
If anything positive things (relaxing, exercise, etc.) are a better use of your time.
This is what I tell myself at least…