Hello!

Hello and welcome to the grand (re) opening of my blog, The Best Paige In The Book!

I am so excited to be getting back into blogging and giving my blog a fresh new space! I actually started The Best Paige In The Book when I was in undergrad, but I never really did much with it. I started to pick it back up in law school, but after a while I got busy and let it go again. When COVID-19 hit, I found myself in such a weird place in my life: I had about half a semester of law school left, the fate of the bar exam was up in the air, and people were getting laid off left and right, so my job prospects were looking pretty much non-existent. Needing somewhere to find an outlet for all the confusion, anger, and uncertainty, I turned to blogging. I wasn’t really blogging for any specific purpose, and I kept it anonymous thinking it probably wouldn’t last. But I was able to create a space for myself to express everything I was going through, connect with people who were also going through difficulties with the changing world, and feel a little bit more like myself. I soon started picking up old hobbies, finding new interests, and realizing how much I loved having somewhere that I can be unapologetically myself. My blog slowly grew, and I found something that made me smile in a time where there wasn’t much to smile about.

I blogged through my first attempt at the bar exam, and I feel like it helped me realize that we all need some kind of escape from the things that stress us out in life. Taking an exam that determined whether the quarter-million dollars I spent on law school is stressful in its own right, but during a pandemic where the date kept getting moved, the format of the exam was up in the air, and the software that the NCBE mandated we all use was causing MAJOR issues? I was in such a low place. Being able to put down the books and highlighters for a few hours a week and write gave me peace. I wrote about books I read, exercising, law school advice, style, and whatever else I felt like at the time. I came to know that the things we do for joy are something to be celebrated at every possible minute.

After some time, I stopped blogging (again). I was working, I had other commitments, and life just kept on going. I knew I wanted to re-vamp my blog, but there was just never time. I had created a new logo, new color scheme, and did some research into hosting platforms, but never really did much with any of it. In the meantime, I took the bar a second time, started a new job, got a puppy, PASSED THE BAR EXAM, moved to a new apartment, and readjusted to a new space, location, and schedule that came with the move. It was a lot, and other things needed to be a priority. Sometimes life just happens like that. But all work and no play makes Paige a very unhappy person, and I knew I’d be back to blogging soon.

So here we are now. I switched hosting platforms, updated all the social media accounts, and I’m working to tailor my blog to be more of a lawyer lifestyle blog. You can expect to see content for aspiring attorneys, practicing lawyers, young professionals, and of course plenty of lifestyle content. If you followed the previous edition of my blog, welcome back!  If you’re among my friends, family, or social media lurkers who are just finding out about my blog, welcome! I’m so excited to get back into blogging, and I can’t wait to share more with everyone!

Make today the best page yet!

Paige