Life's Hourglass
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Life's Hourglass

A Memoir of Chasing Success at a Cost

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Life's Hourglass

A Memoir of Chasing Success at a Cost

About this book

When Janice learns that she has stage four cancer, she feels the sand in life’s hourglass begin to escape through her fingers. A successful trial lawyer, she’s spent her entire adulthood competing, clock watching, and chasing the money while life slipped by unnoticed. But this diagnosis leaves her questioning whether it’s all been worth it. In this candid memoir, Janice reflects on the choices she made throughout her life to bring her to this point. She offers an insider’s view of Big Law and questions corporate America’s relationship with wealth and excess. She examines how one’s longing for approval—from family or elsewhere—comes at the expense of knowing what we want and being our true selves. And she discovers that the remedy is a long, hard road to travel. Earnest, tender, and eye-opening, Life’s Hourglass inspires readers to ask themselves, “How do I want to spend the days I have remaining?”

Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
Year
2020
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781647420062
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter 1: Family Values
  6. Chapter 2: The Early Years
  7. Chapter 3: Running on Fear
  8. Chapter 4: A Wish Is Not a Plan
  9. Chapter 5: Pursuing a Creative Path
  10. Chapter 6: The Responsible Path
  11. Chapter 7: Sink or Swim
  12. Chapter 8: Fake It Till You Make It
  13. Chapter 9: Wheels Up
  14. Chapter 10: Work-Love Imbalance
  15. Chapter 11: The Gold Rush
  16. Chapter 12: When One Door Closes
  17. Chapter 13: Falling Forward
  18. Chapter 14: The Other Kind of Bar
  19. Chapter 15: Grinding It Out
  20. Chapter 16: The Brass Ring
  21. Chapter 17: Liar, Liar
  22. Chapter 18: Making Sausage
  23. Chapter 19: Pilot Dreams
  24. Chapter 20: Prop H8
  25. Chapter 21: The Burnout
  26. Chapter 22: Game Changer
  27. Chapter 23: The One
  28. Chapter 24: Back in the Saddle
  29. Chapter 25: A Price to Be Paid
  30. Chapter 26: Paradigm Shift
  31. Chapter 27: Beyond the Brink
  32. Chapter 28: Cutting the Cord
  33. Chapter 29: The Goldilocks Principle
  34. Chapter 30: Surrender
  35. Chapter 31: New Beginnings
  36. Epilogue
  37. About the Author

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