Federal Rule of Evidence 803(3) Then-Existing Mental, Emotional, or Physical Condition. A statement of the declarant’s then-existing state of mind (such as motive, intent, or plan) or emotional, sensory, or physical condition (such as mental feeling, pain, or bodily health), but not including a statement of memory or belief to prove the fact remembered or believed unless it relates to the validity or terms of the declarant’s will.
So guess what?
I re-negotiated my divorce so that I wasn’t restricted by geography, quit my job as a corporate lawyer and moved back to my hometown, a much despised city in New York (undeservedly so).
I’m broke and I can’t practice law in the state until I pass the bar exam. I am procrastinating studying evidence right now because the exam is in about 9 days.
I’ve jumped out of my purgatory-like rut of post-divorce uncertainty into the thrilling terror of embarking on a mission of financial obliteration.
And yet… and yet… I feel different. I often feel scared. I often feel sad or lonely. Or all the rest of the bad feelings that I felt in Houston. But I don’t always feel like I am in a loop. And that’s different.
Is different better?
We’ll see. If I pass bar. Excuse me, WHEN I pass the bar, I would like to start a law firm: Collaborative divorces, maybe school law (helping parents get IEPs for their kids), maybe helping charitiable organizations that build up the community, taking assignments (indigent criminal defense), personal injury, civil rights, equity actions…
we’ll see.
...All my darkest hours talking like this... 