40 Hour Week (For A Livin') Performed by Alabama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_Hour_Week_(For_a_Livin%27) There are people in this country who work hard every day Not for fame or fortune do they strive But the fruits of their labor are worth more than their pay And it's time a few of them were recognized Hello Detroit auto workers, let me thank you for your time You work a forty hour week for a livin', just to send it on down the line Hello Pittsburgh steel mill workers, let me thank you for your time You work a forty hour week for a livin', just to send it on down the line This is for the one who swings the hammer, driving home the nail Or the one behind the counter, ringing up the sale Or the one who fights the fires, the one who brings the mail For everyone who works behind the scenes You can see them every morning in the factories and the fields In the city streets and the quiet country towns Working together like spokes inside a wheel They keep this country turning around Hello Kansas wheat field farmer, let me thank you for your time You work a forty hour week for a livin', just to send it on down the line Hello West Virginia coal miner, let me thank you for your time You work a forty hour week for a livin', just to send it on down the line This is for the one who drives the big rig, up and down the road Or the one out in the warehouse, bringing in the load Or the waitress, the mechanic, the policeman on patrol For everyone who works behind the scenes With a spirit you can't replace with no machine Hello America let me thank you for your time Songwriters: David Loggins / Don Schlitz / Lisa Miriam Silver Forty Hour Week (For a Livin') lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group It's Friday. It's the end of the first week of operations of my law firm. A lot of people said I should not go solo, and I am getting a lot of feedback that tells me this is the dumbest decisions I have ever made. (To be fair, there are way more people supporting me in this endeavor that are denigrating me in this endeavor, but dealing with the naysayers has been quite interesting). I still have no clients. I still have not earned my first dollar or done my first bit of "lawyer work". But still I look into the future with a great deal of optimism.
For the past few months I have been doing the legwork to start this thing. Parts of it have been mystifying and parts of it have made me so upset. I'll talk more about all these things in future posts. But one thing that has kept me going over the past few months of "startup" effort (and throughout law school, honestly), was the thought that I was going to run a firm where I helped people plan for the future and get things set for all the eventualities of life. People need an attorney who is a counselor, a friend, a part of their lives (however briefly). People need an attorney who cares about their life, their situation, and the things they are trying to accomplish. They dont need an attorney who is out to make money at the cost of everything else. Which brings me to the point of the song "40 Hour Week (For A Livin')." I heard that song for the first time when I was a high school kid, and it has resonated with me since then. As a lawyer, I want to help the people who are described in the song, and others, who have worked a lifetime's worth of "40 hour weeks". Whether it is pushing paper in an office, or doing the really hard work that drives America forward, day in, and day out, one day at a time--folks like this are who I strive to serve. People have done their best jobs, often with little to no thanks, and deserve to know that their hard work, and the things obtained by the dint of their efforts, will not be in vain. Contact me to talk about an estate plan, today. You dont need an actual "estate" to need an estate plan! Protect the people you have worked so many "40 hour weeks" to provide for, by making sure you have a will set up ASAP. Click the contact link to reach me.
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AuthorJeff Sodoma, MPA, Esq. is a lawyer based in Virginia Beach, Virginia Blog!Hello, there! Welcome to my blog. I will use this blog as a platform for my writing. I will write about topics in the legal world, certainly, as well as everything else under the sun, because I have many interests (and viewpoints). All views expressed in this blog, unless otherwise noted, are mine alone. One of my interests is music--my wife believes that I should go on "Beat Shazam" because I know so many songs--and I will be, from time to time, analyzing song lyrics and how they relate to the legal world.
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