Source: Pexels Want to know what I've been reading? Recently Read is a bi-weekly feature of The Paralegal Club and it aims to showcase some of my favourite blog posts from the week. Due to it being bi-weekly, the posts themselves may be two weeks old, but I've only stumbled upon them whilst researching for this blog post. It's a mish-mash of everything! Food, fashion,...
Source: Veronica Ivanov / Unsplash This week, we celebrated Anzac Day. April 25th. It's a day to honour all New Zealanders killed in action and the servicemen and women who managed to make it home. The day itself marks the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. The Gallipoli Campaign led to thousands of people...
Source: Brooke Clark / Unsplash Raise your hand if you don't have time for breakfast. I know people who eat on the train, heat up oatmeal in the work kitchen or count coffee as "breakfast". These "people" used to be me. I didn't have time for breakfast. I was "too busy" to take time out to nourish my body with proper food. My day would...
Source: Brittney Bulter // Unsplash So, what interests you about the law? It's the interview question you always get, but the one I find hardest to articulate an answer. Simply because everything about it interests me. I can't remember how I started reading criminology books. I think I got lost at my university's library and ended up in the wrong section. Rather than looking like an idiot,...
Source: Ylanite Koppens from Pexels Beep. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beeeeeep. Hi. That was my impression of your alarm clocks ringing from various locations in your bedroom. What do you do? What motivates you to get out of bed in the morning? Maybe you have snarky flatmates and you're worried the incessant noise will rock the boat. Maybe you have a baby, which means you...
Source: Pexels Want to know what I've been reading? Twitter is about connecting and talking to different people. We share snippets of our lives in 240 characters (or less). Instagram is about sharing pretty photos with a heartfelt caption. It's all about the aesthetic and "doing it for the 'gram". Snapchat is figuring out how many weird filters you can use before your...
Source: Pexels / Victor Santos Better late than never, right? I feel silly for setting goals this late in the month, but there's no time like the present. Right? Right. My 24th birthday arrives in exactly fifteen days. I have fifteen chances to improve my life until another year ticks over on my life. I have another eighteen days until time rolls into...
Source: Pexels Becoming a registered legal executive was not my first or second choice. Are you shocked? As of February, I have been studying for five years. I could have finished a law degree by now and have the title of Junior Solicitor or Barrister. So, what happened? What twisted path did I take and how did I decide to become a legal executive?...
Source: Pexels Grab a cup of coffee, change into your comfy sweats and get settled in! Welcome to The Paralegal Club. My name is Victoria*. I am a twenty-three year old Kiwi who has just started the journey to becoming a legal executive. In February, I started studying towards a Diploma in Legal Executive Studies. In March, I started looking for support through...
