{"id":267,"date":"2007-06-01T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/06\/sandy-taking-risk-in-plain-view.html"},"modified":"2007-06-01T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-01T12:45:00","slug":"sandy-taking-risk-in-plain-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/06\/sandy-taking-risk-in-plain-view.html","title":{"rendered":"Sandy: Taking a Risk in Plain View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/sandyslaga.com\/2007\/04\/09\/taking-a-risk-in-plain-view\/\">one of my favorite posts of Sandy&#8217;s blog, about her struggle of whether or not to return to a law practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sherrie Sisk&#8217;s guest post at Susan Carter Liebel&#8217;s blog, Build a Solo Practice, LLC, spoke to me. <\/p>\n<p>Sherrie&#8217;s conflicted feelings about starting a solo law practice were met by the sound of her own voice beckoning. &#8220;Yes, but&#8230;I really, really want this.&#8221; And Sherrie responded with the courage it takes to say, &#8220;Yes, I can do this. Yes, I trust myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on the same journey, but hell, I&#8217;m bringing up the rear. We&#8217;re talking the dust at the end of the rear. We&#8217;re talking layers, nay years of layers, of dust in the neurotransmitters.<\/p>\n<p>Yet in the corners lives Crotchety Old Lady with a bony finger. And she&#8217;s poking me in all manner of bodily places, but usually at about rib number seven. &#8220;Come on, honey, do it! Whaddya waiting for? Whaddya want, a formal invitation?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, a lot less debt and The Teenagers&#8217; college paid for would be nice. A fully-equipped office with a &#8220;serenity&#8221; decor would be peachy. As would a full appointment book, intact client list and six months&#8217; worth of overhead in the bank.<\/p>\n<p>The Crotchety One and her bony finger have a good snort and guffaw. And the pokes continue. This is making it increasingly difficult to sleep or have a decent cup of morning java.<\/p>\n<p>The more I resist the risk, the harder the bony finger pokes. If I&#8217;m looking for divine guidance, I think it&#8217;s been here awhile. Damn, that rib is getting sore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is one of my favorite posts of Sandy&#8217;s blog, about her struggle of whether or not to return to a law practice. Sherrie Sisk&#8217;s guest post at Susan Carter Liebel&#8217;s blog, Build a Solo Practice, LLC, spoke to me. 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