Survival

For the first time since I started law school, I feel utterly and completely overwhelmed. It is my own doing - I threw my hat into the ring and ended up getting more positions and accolades than I expected, or at least more than one schedule can tolerate. As a result, I feel that everything I attempt turns out mediocre, where as if there was less on my plate things could turn out well.

If I just survive these next few weeks, I can make it through. I need to tackle the following:

- Law Review Hard Edits
- Law Review Publishable Piece Requirement
- Law Review Elections (running for executive editor)
- Women's Law Forum Speaker Series that I am putting together
- Women's Law Forum Roosevelt Rush - food prep and clean up
- NAAC preparation: reading the other teams briefs and meeting with the team here every Wednesday night
- NAAC Competition in San Francisco
- ADR Competition Organizing (Intraschool)
- ADR Competition Organizing (Regional)
- Working at the DOJ
- Continuing to apply for jobs
- Class

Not necessarily in that order.

The First Week of School (Not brought to you by Mastercard)

Number of bound National Appellate Advocacy Competition Briefs sent to Chicago via rush delivery: 13

Number of hours of sleep lost to preparing the brief: 14

Number of classes this week for which I have had difficult reading: 4

Surviving until the weekend: Priceless.