Appellate Practice Reminders

• Jurisdiction: Kansas,United States
• Citation: Vol. 90 No. 1 Pg. 79
• Pages: 79
• Publication year: 2021

Appellate Practice Reminders No. 90 J. Kan. Bar Assn 1, 79 (2021) Kansas Bar Journal February, 2021

Appellate Practice Reminders

From the Appellate Court Clerk's Office

CLERK'S COVID CRAZY CONTEMPLATIONS FOR 2021

What a time in history to reflect about the past year. I dug up several inspirational quotes on the internet in search of hope for 2021 and I swear my computer was talking directly to me:

1. Don't waste your time by dwelling in the past and thinking of it. Learn to live in the future ahead of you.

2. Yesterday is gone. There is nothing that you can do to make your past better. Forget it and make sure to make your future worth it.

3. Never let your past be an excuse for not concentrating towards your future.

4. No matter whether it's good or bad, the past is meant to be forgotten.

5. Expect something good to happen today no matter what has happened to you in your past.

I love number five! That's great inspiration. Yet, I seem to have a lingering realization:

"Forgetting the past is easier to say than to be done."

Duh, forgetting all the pandemically bad events of 2020 is not easy. Practicing law is not easy. Practicing law in a pandemic is crazy. Take a second to appreciate all the changes you made in 2020 to your law practice. Equally appreciate the stress that accompanies those changes. If you are struggling, don't bottle up all that stress. Others you know might be struggling...