You can't chase the night

So I haven't written in a long time, but I've had a lot on my mind lately that I've been thinking about, so here's a new post!

I read this article by Bill Simmons, the Sports Guy that had one particular point that resonated with me. He was in Dallas for the NBA all-star game, and was out late with a bunch of guys when the bars were closing. Apparently a young player wanted to keep looking for open bars, etc., when a guy named Wes said,

"Nothing good can happen at this point," Wes explains simply. "You can't chase the night. When the night is over, the night is over. That's just the way it is. You just gotta wake up tomorrow and hope for a better day."

Lately I've been debating a whole lot more of what I want out of my life. I'll be real, this last semester of law school is kicking my trash. The job market still sucks - no significant leads on a job, I've spent 3 years going after this and now I have to wonder if I'm going to go back and beg for an engineering job in a year. I miss the mountains - snow boarding, camping, mountain biking. But then again, you can't chase the night. That time of my life was awesome, but it's over now and won't be coming back. I would like to move back to the mountains, but I worry that it wouldn't live up to the memories I have.

I did submit my Virginia Bar Application this week. I'm going to try and make it work out there. Of course, promptly after submitting my application I contacted an attorney out there I've been staying in touch with, hoping for a job. He told me that given Virginia's bar passage rate I might want to have a backup plan. Thanks bud.

I'm considering opening my own practice, but I'd really prefer to have more mentoring. Also, the idea of building my own practice intimidates me, but I think it would ultimately be very rewarding. Stressful, but rewarding.