2022

Dear 2022,

You were a lot.

I’m learning that being a near-middle-aged adult is just that: hectic, ever moving, constant.

This year brought some intensity:

🔥 a big billing year;

🔥 cancelling a trip home and missing my summer camp reunion;

🔥 another jury trial;

🔥 eight depositions (back to back to back);

🔥 COVID;

🔥 family health concerns on all fronts.

This year also brought so much joy:

✌🏻 a new puppy;

✌🏻 a new home;

✌🏻 associate leadership opportunities;

✌🏻 speaking engagements;

✌🏻 zero-billing days (and vacation);

✌🏻 a workout plan and routine that works for me;

✌🏻 an office with external windows.

And then there’s LinkedIn, which left me speechless on a number of occasions:

🤯 a community of nearly 5,000 of you;

🤯 3.3M views and counting;

🤯 two viral-for-me posts;

🤯 loads and loads of meaningful connection and encouragement.

I am forever grateful for the year’s lessons, highs, and lows.

In 2023, I hope to upgrade each of this year’s joys and successes, building on the lessons and growing them further.

Thanks for being here and riding alongside me. I appreciate it more than one post can capture.

Pictured: me on a pleasantly warm Saturday, decked out for a wedding on the other side of the state. Enjoying a moment of sunshine in the midst of this chaotic year.

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