Productive Week In My Life as a Law Student & New Paralegal

Productive Week In My Life as a Law Student & New Paralegal

November 5, 2023

For the final quarter of 2023!

It is the final quarter of the year, which means it’s the final Week of My Life for the year! As of October 2023, I am still a law student, and I am now working as a paralegal! I’m still doing workshops, and I’ve taken a step back from freelance writing, but I still have commitments such as my church commitments, passion projects (like this blog), and my overall well-being of course. ‘

I love writing these blog posts because they are so fun to look back to see how my life was. I cannot wait to read this in the near future. If you haven’t checked out my other Week in My Life blog posts for this year, here they are:

And, thought I’d switch things up for this one, and begin each day by briefly explaining how each day will look like. Just like my other Week in My Life’s, I try to stay as flexible as possible especially when I catch up with friends or have other commitments that pop up (like church activities or other work/study-related activities).

Now, let’s dive in.

MONDAY

For this semester, I am currently working full days on Monday and Wednesday, while my half days are Thursday & Friday.

Hence, Monday is when I am working a full 9 to 5.

I wake up at around 4:45 a.m. to do my creative work (because the mornings are still my most creative parts of the day). Then around 6:30am, I do my morning walk. Once I’m done with the morning walk, I’m out the door by 8am to make it to work by 8:30am.

Once I finish work at around 5 pm, I head home and immediately eat dinner because I get HUNGRY lol. After dinner and chilling for a bit, I do my study sessions. They last a few hours and in between study sessions I do my laundry.

I get to wrap up the day after 9-9:30, where I do some batched tasks before getting into my night routine.

Schedule:

  • 4:45am – wakeup
  • 5:00am-6:30am – creative/content work
  • 6:30am-7:15am – morning walk
  • 7:15am-8:00am – get ready
  • 8:00am-8:30am – commute to work
  • 8:30am-5:00pm – work (paralegal job)
  • 5:00pm-5:30pm – commute home
  • 5:30pm-9:00pm – study
  • 9:00pm-9:40pm – batched tasks
  • 9:45pm-onwards – night routine/buffer

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TUESDAY

I don’t do paralegal work on Tuesday since it’s my campus day. I have classes the entire day, and then I facilitate a workshop in the early evening.

Schedule:

  • 6:30am-7:15am – morning walk
  • 7:15am – 8:00am – get ready
  • 8:00am-9:30am – creative/content work
  • 9:45am-10:30am – batched tasks
  • 10:45am-11:00am – lunch
  • 11:00am-11:30am – walk to campus
  • 11:30am-12:30pm – class #1
  • 12:30pm-2:30pm – class #2
  • 2:45pm-4:15pm – study in the café (on campus)
  • 4:15pm-4:30pm – walk home
  • 4:30pm-5:00pm – commute to workshop
  • 5:00pm-7:00pm – facilitate workshop
  • 7:00pm-7:30pm – commute home
  • 7:30pm-8:00pm – dinner
  • 8:00pm-9:30pm – study session
  • 9:30pm-onwards – night routine/buffer

WEDNESDAY

Similar to Monday, I work a 9 to 5 day as a paralegal. Right after I’m done with work, I head straight to church.

  • 4:45am – wakeup
  • 5:00am-6:30am – creative/content work
  • 6:30am-7:15am – morning walk
  • 7:15am-8:00am – get ready
  • 8:00am-8:30am – commute to work
  • 8:30am-5:00pm – work (paralegal job)
  • 5:00pm-5:30pm – commute to church/buffer (if I end up staying a little longer at work), Dinner
  • 6:00pm-9:30pm – church
  • 9:30pm – travel home, night routine/buffer

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THURSDAY

On Thursdays, I work a half-day as a paralegal from 8:30am to 1:30pm. Then I head straight to my internship, followed by my class.

  •  4:45am – wakeup
  • 5:00am-6:30am – creative/content work
  • 6:30am-7:15am – morning walk
  • 7:15am-8:00am – get ready
  • 8:00am-8:30am – commute to work
  • 8:30am-1:30pm – work (paralegal job)
  • 2:00pm-5:00pm – internship at the Legal Aid Clinic
  • 5:00pm-5:30pm – drive to campus
  • 5:30pm-7:30pm – class
  • 7:30pm-8:00pm – drive home & dinner
  • 8:00pm-9:00pm – just for fun course (where I learn something random; personal development study routine)
  • 9:00pm-9:45pm – batched tasks
  • 9:45pm-onwards – night routine/buffer

FRIDAY

Friday is another half day as a paralegal from 12pm to 5pm. Then, it’s mainly studying.

Schedule

  • 4:45am – wakeup
  • 5:00am-6:30am – creative/content work
  • 6:30am-7:15am – morning walk
  • 7:15am-8:00am – get ready
  • 8:00am-8:30am – commute to workshop
  • 8:30am – 10:30am – facilitate workshop
  • 10:30am-11:00am – walk to the mall, and do some errands
  • 11:00am-11:30am – lunch
  • 11:30am-12:00pm – commute to work (paralegal work)
  • 12pm-5pm – work (paralegal)
  • 5:00pm-5:30pm – commute home
  • 5:30pm-6:00pm – dinner
  • 6:00pm-9:30pm – study sessions
  • 9:30pm-10:10pm – batched tasks
  • 10:10pm -onwards – night routine/buffer

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Saturday & Sunday

Saturdays are when I have church, and Sunday is a completely flexible day. Sundays change from time to time and that’s when I try to fit in my solo dates or friend catch-ups. 

Take a SMALL STEP

Of course, your schedule is not going to be 100% just like mine. However, I hope that this blog post gave some ideas and inspiration on how you can organize your schedule so you can have a productive week!

To Wrap Up

And that is another Week in My Life (my last one for the year!). Every quarter I always have an updated Week in My Life based on my current life circumstances, and they’re pretty cool to look at (for me hehe.)

So yes, while I try to stick to things as much as I can, I’m still flexible and change things up when needed. That’s life, after all, you go with the flow.

In the meantime, it is almost my 3rd blog anniversary which is crazy to think about! I cannot believe that it’s almost been 3 years since I started my blog. I will be adding two new resources to the Free Resources Library which you can download here. You’ll also have access to many free resources to help you with your personal growth journey.

In the meantime, see you in the next blog post!

 -Lauren 😊

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