[WSBAPT] Life in general

Wed Apr 7 12:54:45 PDT 2021

It is not as lively here because of the Covid, but it will return.  the
people were out in droves for Semana Santa.

BTW, I do have two very lovely apartments in Guanajuato in a
perfect setting.  Let me know if you get interested in returning for a few
weeks.  It is dangerous....you will fall in love with the small city.

Jim
James R. Doran
Attorney at Law
100 E. Pine Street -  Suite 205
Bellingham, WA 98225
(360)393-9506
jim at doranlegal.com
www.doranlegal.com

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 12:12 PM Roger Hawkes <Roger at law-hawks.com> wrote:

> 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
> *Sent:* Monday, April 5, 2021 10:37 AM
> *To:* WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [WSBAPT] Life in general
>
>
>
> 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
>
> 100 E. Pine Street -  Suite 205
>
> Bellingham, WA 98225
> (360)393-9506
>
> jim at doranlegal.com
>
> www.doranlegal.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:09 AM Philip N. Jones <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
> 900 S.W. Fifth Ave. Suite 2500
> Portland, OR 97204
> pjones at duffykekel.com
> (503) 226-1371 – office
> (503) 853-1482 – cell
> (503) 226-3574 - fax
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> On Behalf Of tom tsh-law.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2021 12:12 PM
> To: wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com
> Subject: [WSBAPT] Life in general
>
> 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.
>
> 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝'𝐬 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞
> (𝐖) 𝟐𝟎𝟔 𝟔𝟖𝟐 𝟒𝟓𝟎𝟏
> (𝐂) 206 𝟓𝟗𝟓 𝟏𝟔𝟐𝟏
>
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