So why blog? I read an article today that made a good point about blogging .... most of us just are not that interesting. But we must think we are (think of all those Facebook posts: I just had the worst cup of coffee! I am so hungover! Saw the best movie last night!) I mean, who really cares?
So, yes, I feel a little foolish. But I decided to start this blog because despite my searches on Google, which has everything in the world, I can't find the one website that I want. Its the one that helps me, a thirty-seven, professionally successful woman lawyer, manage her crazy life. Or even one that honestly talks about how crazy the lives of woman like me are. And I know we exist, because I have girlfriends who are as certifiable as I am.
Yes, there are magazines that cater to the career woman (think PINK) and there are thousands of websites dedicated to everything from networking to IVF. And thousands more on "how to find a man after thirty." But where is the website that gives me helpful pointers for finishing up my conference call in time to get out early enough to clean up my disaster of an apartment, get my nails done, take a second shower and do my makeup before my one date in the past two months? Or where is the website that explains how I work with other women who, far from being mentors, appear to actually hate me? (female mentorship is more or less a joke, lets just be honest about it).
Maybe these websites exist and I just have not found them (although my internet search skills are excellent, as illustrated by my ability to find every person I have ever dated on the web, including my second grade crush). So I finally decided to start my own blog. There might be others out there who can give me tips. And I have learned a thing or two along the way, which someone else might find helpful, insightful or maybe just amusing. Or at least more interesting than the "worst coffee ever" Facebook posts.
So my posts will have real topics, but I can't promise not to ramble here and there. For now, I will simply close with a few facts about me:
1. Like I said, I am thirty seven, single, and a lawyer (all of which will have significance later...)
2. I have been really, really busy ever since I started my career. I'm good at it, but basically hopeless at everything else that requires any organization whatsoever (pay bills? what?)
3. I really want to get married. Let's face it, a career isn't all that it was cracked up to be (sorry to all those who came before me to give me this opportunity, but really, it just sucks.)
4. I am starting finally to get some perspective on my life. I do touchy feely things like yoga that I never would have done before.
5. I used to be incredibly fearful of getting fat, now I am incredibly fearful of looking old. Please don't ever let me be that single, mean, unattractive lady lawyer...
More to come later. And real topics. I promise. I really hope your response isn't "who cares?"
Cheers,
Emma
