hot take
TLDR: now that it's over 1L is not bad at all. especially if you had a hard life -- like that shit was so fun and I am excited for 2L.
Someone said somewhere that if you think 1L is hard, you've had it easy -- I disagreed with that statement on its surface because everything can be subjective. But, lowkey, I resonate with the reverse. 1L was the time of my life. I loved the studying, the grappling with difficult subjects, feeling absolutely out of my league in intellect, work ethic, etc. and having to figure out what I was going to do about it, and quick.
It might have been because law school was for me, and it was the first time in my life that if X (person or thing) was not helping, it was taking -- and I couldn't afford anything to get in my way of my dreams. So small talk happened, cliques formed, and I had to master the art of staying in my fucking lane -- I had so much going on for me and to me that all that mattered WAS ME. What can I control? - my attitude, my kindness, my work ethic - that's it. So not going to lie, I am kind of sad the fun is coming to an end. Esp because I am going to a firm this summer and a bit anxious on how the dynamics will be, but honestly, I know I'll be good. And I am grateful 1L cemented that in me. I hope you all have a fantastic summer -- thanks for the camaraderie.
#joybait !
Edit: I don’t know why Reddit people feel the need to be rude, but that’s okay, for context — I kept family members who struggled with addiction alive, by myself, while attending school and working. I have also started a business, I also had a health scare during the entirety of 1L — found out 2 days ago that it was benign, yay! But the road to healthy is still far. I didn’t feel the need to originally share this because I believe you don’t need context to celebrate people’s joys but - this is a law centered Reddit. Wish you all the best, I love you guys!
Edit 2: is anyone else concerned that it’s more normal to be miserable than joyful? Like yes I get it. But the people so upset about the “humblebrag” (though one just deleted his comment), I have one thought: step it up so you can relate — either in joy, or results, because being a miserable fuck sucks more for you than me friend 😭
And to the humblebrag, ok, and? Let me go with your thoughts and say it is. I earned it. I survived hard shit and enjoyed it. You got a problem with that? Seems like you need bigger problems if you have enough time to be mad about my successes.