[WSBAPT] Life in general

[Roger Hawkes]

Jim; thanks for that😊 I spent a few days in Guanajuato and loved it.  never occurred to me to practice from there😊

From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> On Behalf Of Jim Doran
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My two cents on this timely topic:

The essential questions that must be answered (besides your personal moral code) for retirement are:
1) A man or a woman has to be somewhere?  Where is that going to be?
2) You have to have something interesting to do with your time.  What will that be?
3) We are social creatures so we must have at least a minimal social life after the "legal career" which kept us plenty socialized.  Who do you want to see?

Oh, of course, the money has to work.

Three years ago I bought a home in Guanajuato Mexico and we spend five or six months each year there.  They call it "jubilacion" here.  Jubilation!!!  The distance working that I was doing blended in with the Covid constraints and now I am like everyone else.  (What a concept.)  Life in the mountains of colonial old Mexico for the winter is pretty sweet.  Look at the city of Guanajuato if you want to find the "Jewel of Mexico".  And, of course, life in Cascadia for the spring, summer and fall is pretty sweet, too.  Boating in the San Juans seems to be the next move for us, to go along with car camping.

My theory has been to enjoy life and don't wait too long.  Intuition sometimes leads better than rationality.  Put them both together, and listen to both, and hallelujah.  Life is good.

James Doran
James R. Doran
Attorney at Law
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Bellingham, WA 98225
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On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:09 AM Philip N. Jones <pjones at duffykekel.com<mailto:pjones at duffykekel.com>> wrote:
I am in a firm of about 15 estate planners.  The firm was founded in the 1930s.  In the entire history of the firm, only three attorneys have retired.  All the rest left with their boots on, sometimes feet first.  They either died, had a stroke, or some other medical event that forced them out.  But they were still working.  Admittedly, most were working only a few days a week when the grim reaper (or the grim cardiologist) caught up with them.
Why did they keep working and not retire sooner?  Lots of reasons.  Some did not have hobbies or play golf or play bridge.  Some enjoyed the work.  Some needed the money.  Some had spouses who did not want them hanging around the house.  Unlike trial attorneys, estate planners can easily work part time.  And now with the pandemic, most of us are learning to work at home.
Personally, I now work at home due to the pandemic, and I am one of the people who often posts on weekends and holidays.  I enjoy the work, as I hope my posts reflect.  When I post on a weekend or on a holiday, I am usually lying flat on my back twiddling with my Ipad, often at the beach or in the mountains.  Also, during the week I do not work long days.  In fact, some of my weekdays are very short.  I do whatever I please.  And on weekends and holidays, I do the same.
Life is good.  I do not feel the need to get a different one.  As for others, your mileage may vary.
Phil Jones
Portland, OR

Philip N. Jones
Duffy Kekel LLP
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After 45 years of watching the toll lawyering has taken on many of my colleagues, it is disturbing to continue to receive  this section’ s postings every Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and every Saturday and Sunday. Think about it.  Let’s all get a life.

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(𝐖) 𝟐𝟎𝟔 𝟔𝟖𝟐 𝟒𝟓𝟎𝟏
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