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Every good Chinese knows the proverb: dig your well before you are thirsty.
“Could you please, for one sad second of your life, not shove down everyone’s throat how accomplished you are? Seriously, woman, your insecurity is quite disturbing. You have other things going on in your life besides being good at your job and being a smart cookie.”
I mean, once upon a time, when I was young and foolish, I’d wanted to be a writer. “Writer,” he answered immediately. “What a cliché,” I said. “You and every sad lawyer I know.” “Clichés exist for a reason; many a lawyer started out as a wee little lad or lass interested in storytelling,” he said.
“Why are all my children insisting on sending me to my grave early?”
when you reach my age you will know that love doesn’t conquer everything, and that someone you respect and honor, who respects and honors you back, can bring you more long-term happiness than a hot, sweaty affair.”
my ass, my soon-to-be-thirty-four-year-old ass that is still as soft as an old pillow, even with all this free time on my hands where I could be working out.
Am also interviewing for a job as head of legal at an international nonprofit working with urban refugees in Kuala Lumpur. The work is meaningful and interesting, exactly the kind I’d gotten into the legal profession to pursue.
