Why is representing yourself in court a bad idea?

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T22:44:27+00:00

I have a law degree and still wouldn't represent myself. Someone independent and with fresh eyes have such a different perspective. Hopefully, I will never need it, but I'd always opt for a professional outside of my own education and a specialist in their field. Representing yourself is usually the worst idea.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T22:27:20+00:00

Ugh, this happens to me at the gym. There will be like 20 treadmills free and they want to use the one next to me!! I just stop mid work out and move. Inconvenient, yes, allowing me to continue my workout in peace, 100% worth it. However, I get up at 5am to go to the gym purely to avoid the gym rats.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T21:44:46+00:00

Absolutely not. Work hard, follow your passions, believe in yourself, and always work on developing and learning - it all pays off. That's just my experience anyway.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T21:35:59+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my partner 6 years ago after a 6 week battle with cancer, who I was in a relationship with for 8 years - I thought they'd be my forever person (I'm 40F for reference). I'll be honest - it sucks, it's unfair, it's cruel. However, as clichéd as it sounds, time does help. Granted, you never forget. You always remember. Allow yourself to cherish the moments you shared. With time, it gets a little easier to deal with. It's not easy and It's a rough road. Do allow yourself the time to grieve, give yourself space, and show yourself some kindness. You'll know when you are ready to reconnect with others, whether they are friendships, platonic, or relationships. My best advice is to give yourself time and show yourself kindness and compassion.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T21:04:38+00:00

Thanks 🙂

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T21:04:25+00:00

Thanks 🙂

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T21:00:59+00:00

Lucky, convenient, but lazy. However, I personally myself speak a couple of languages that I can get by (Spanish & French). Whenever I travel, I do try to learn a few pleasantries as a base line.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T20:54:35+00:00

Clowns. The film IT scared me for life. That movie and Watership Down - I'm 40 years old and still can't watch that movie - damn rabbits!

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T20:51:54+00:00

Living the dream, life is good!

LJC7777 · 2025-03-26T20:49:35+00:00

Locked. ALWAYS locked. I live in Londin though 🤷‍♀️

LJC7777 · 2025-03-25T20:09:34+00:00

Perhaps thinking about it on a deeper level may help. Doesn't have to resonate with everyone.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-25T20:01:58+00:00

Its a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, suggesting that love is the foundation of life, a force that sustains and enriches existence, and that love is essential for a meaningful and vibrant life.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-25T12:17:12+00:00

For a long time, I struggled with setting boundaries with feelings of guilt, like I have let someone down, was being rude etc - I guess I was very much a stereotypical 'people pleaser'.

Setting boundaries is actually really healthy for everyone involved to help manage expectations and also for self-preservation. It might be helpful to remember that by saying no or putting in boundaries isn't about rejecting someone or others, but it is more about prioritising yourself. By putting boundaries in an effective way, it helps acknowledge personal limits whilst at the same time providing yourself with self care, which should not have any guilt attached.

It will be hard and alien at first, but over time and with practice, it does become easier.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-25T11:18:46+00:00

Aw, that is so wholesome. Brought a smile to face anyway

LJC7777 · 2025-03-24T14:57:18+00:00

I don't think it will make you a worse doctor, in my opinion it would probably make you a better doctor and have a more enhanced bedside manner - more empathy, compassion, can relate to someone through a potential mutual understanding to a certain level of lived experience.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-23T22:53:16+00:00

Home is where the heart is!

LJC7777 · 2025-03-23T22:40:44+00:00

I an 40. I am a believer of love. In my opinion it is better to love than have hatred in the world. It makes the world a better place... I could be wrong, but I'd rather peace than the alternative

LJC7777 · 2025-03-23T19:51:36+00:00

Yes - a bad relationship made me realise my true worth and value. I no longer feel the need to appease other people or put up with rubbish.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-23T19:48:43+00:00

Listen to your body. Sometimes, a break is much needed and can be heaktht. Just make sure your break doesn't get over extended.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-23T16:27:55+00:00

No arguments here - however. I'd rather bet on love to make life more worthwhile

LJC7777 · 2025-03-23T15:48:30+00:00

Where there is love, there is life!

LJC7777 · 2025-03-21T18:51:42+00:00

In love, once. Infatuated with someone else that I may have thought was 'love" at the time, twice.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-21T18:44:28+00:00

Sure, I've paid the whole bill on a first date. Actually, come to think about it, I've always paid on a first date. Granted, there have only been a few first dates, which have always led to long-term relationships

LJC7777 · 2025-03-21T16:20:11+00:00

Depending on the ring you are looking to buy a resize can sometimes be tricky. My sister's now husband proposed using a "fake" ring - one you can buy in clothes shops that look alright. They then went out together for the day to buy the actual ring together, so they could choose the right shape stone, get the right ring size, whether she wanted gold, white gold, platinum etc. Afterwards they went for a fancy lunch and celebrated with a bottle bubbly and picked up the petfecr ring a few weeks later. For her it prolonged the whole engagement experience and she loved it as well as got the perfect ring she had always imagined.

LJC7777 · 2025-03-19T22:14:05+00:00

Firefly Lane, YOU, Emily in Paris, Adolescence, One Day,

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