The end of the year often brings mixed emotions. There’s the excitement of holidays and some well-earned time off. On the other, there’s anxiety that another year has passed. Did you accomplish what you set out to do? Have you made plans for next year? And it’s 2021, so we can’t forget the added stress of a new Covid outbreak.

No matter what you’re thinking right now, stop and take a moment to congratulate yourself for making it this far.

We’re grateful to have you in our LeanLegal Community. We hope our Tips of the Week helped you build a practice that’s more productive and profitable than when the year began.

This week’s tip is to appreciate everything you’ve achieved in 2021. To make it fun, we’d like to invite you to play Lawyer Bingo. Download the game card, share it with your team, and play along.

How many of these have you accomplished this year?

Mark them off and then celebrate your wins (even if you don’t get the elusive Bingo!).

Your action item is to send an email to your future self.

1.  Get inspired with ideas from your Bingo card – what didn’t you do this year that you’d like to do next year?
2.  Write yourself an email with the short list of things you’d like to accomplish in 2022. Keep it achievable; pick your top 3!
3.  Schedule your email to send to yourself on December 22, 2022 (you can use the scheduler built into Outlook or whatever email system you use, or even FutureMe).

This quick exercise will get you planning for next year, and when your email arrives in your inbox on this day in 2022, you’ll be reminded to do two important things:

🍾 Celebrate your wins; and

✏️ Plan your 2023

If you’ve been with us a while, thank you for sharing another year with us. If you’re new, then we sure hope you stick around.

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Happy holidays…we’ll see you in the week of January 10, 2022.