Can’t Catch a Break

I reflect on law school. One thing I enjoyed while in law school was when we would have guest speaker attorneys or judges in class or other events. One time in my law office management class, there was a guest speaker lawyer. She was like she drove a Lexus. My poor self was just thinking like.. um, okay… But she was like you gotta buy a little luxury car as a lawyer so clients think you have money when they pull up to your law firm. And she said you should treat yourself with a luxury car. That day always stood out to me from law school. I know lawyers like nice things, they wear designer clothes and drive luxury type cars. However, I never heard anyone in law school say out loud you need to buy a luxury car to impress clients and make people think you have money. This lady told me, when I become a lawyer my whole lifestyle will change. She say I’ll be buying designer this, designer that, red bottom this, red bottom thee. I told that lady when I become a lawyer, im not buying all that luxury stuff. Im going yo stay the same. She said no you’re not. And I told her again Im going to be humble and stay the same. Im not into all that. But she was convinced that I’ll change and buy all the luxury things and go yo Atlanta go shop at high end stores. I see alot of lawyers on social media from law school and people I don’t know — with all their pictures of their luxury purchases, designer logos of their luxury cars, name brand purses, clothes, and shoes. But nobody goes to college for their health. People go to college so that they can make money, a lot of money. After all these years of being in poverty, growing up in poverty and as an adult in poverty, I would like to enjoy life before I make it up out of here.