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6:45

June 10, 2009 11:10 PM

or the most part, being an adult is going alright so far. I guess it comes with more responsibilities and the consequences of fucking up are probably greater, but the tradeoffs from childhood are probably worth it. Independence, self-determination, fulfillment: these are good things. I mean, yeah, I can't get totally wasted every weekend, but I don't really want to. And sometimes I miss blowing off responsibilities to do something more fun, but I get a real sense of satisfaction from my work, so it's not that bad. All in all, I definitely prefer being an adult to being a pseudo-adult or student.

Having said that, there is one area in which being a college or grad student is infinitely superior to being a working adult: the whole wake-up time thing. I can probably count on one hand the number of times I woke up before 7am in law school on one hand. Now, I probably wake up at 6:45 three or four days a week. And you know what the strangest part of it is? I don't even mind it that much. I wake up and I hate my life for a second or two, and then I get out of bed and do what I have to do. And I'm ready to think and work and advocate by, I don't know, 8am.

One of the judges I frequently appear before likes to tell stories about how he's usually up at 3:30am, working in his garden or whatever else. I used to think he was exaggerating or outright lying. But now I'm not so sure. Now it seems like the extremely early-morning hours might be an excellent chance to be productive.

Jesus, I'm old.