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I’m this close to the end. 

Sometimes it’s hard to believe.

Other times its not hard to believe at all. In fact, those days it’s more like 157 more days of hell until I get my life back.

And so far, the only “A” I have received came by way of that godforsakin fucking paper I had to rush write because the instructor was going on vacation so I needed to turn it in 10 days early. Which ended up being 20 pages single spaced, with 169 footnotes.  My dream to write appeals for indigent clients was crushed after that debacle. 

Five years ago, the fact that I was an “average” student pulling all Bs and Cs would have been a blow to my ego and 100% not acceptable. Law school has taught me the following:

If I set my standards a little lower, I am not nearly as disappointed.