I will confess, we have been having a difficult couple of weeks here in the Trenches. Nothing big, just a lot of little things that have gone wrong: typos in pleadings, wrong case numbers. It seems like every time we turn around, something else was done wrong. It's not just one person, it's all of us. The funny thing is that all of these really minor errors do more to drag down our moods than one really big blooper. It's kind of like a slow drip versus a flood: each is bad in a different way, but a slow drip can do more damage in the long run.
Then, today, we got some really good news on behalf of a client. It was a little victory in the scheme of things, but a victory nevertheless. All of a sudden, all those little things stopped dragging us down, and the mood really picked up. Almost like when our Office Testosterone comes around.
Isn't this how our clients feel? Divorce isn't just one really big thing. It's a bunch of little things. The decision is the big thing, and most clients think that's the hardest part. It's not. All the little decisions, the negotiations and the process continue, sometimes for years. It's constant, and it wears you down. That's why it's important to keep perspective and remember that the little things are little, and to savor each and every positive that comes around. One positive counteracts so many negatives - here in the Trenches.
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