Coffee Break: Maysale Flats
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I love these bright blue flats from Manolo Blahnik… and while normally I would rejoice that they're on sale, that does mean we're down to lucky sizes. (And I can't find them elsewhere! Quelle horreur! Although MyTheresa has some bright blue velvet Maysale flats…)
I do like a lot of the other colors — the bright baby pink and the olive are both fab, and is that not the most perfect color of taupe?! — but I of course had to post the blue ones.
The shoes were $985, but are now marked 40% off (down to $591). All of the other colorways are full price.
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has anyone here learned to surf over age 45? i have the lousiest balance but i’ve always wanted to learn.
Do it!! You’ll have a blast. My brother learned in his late 20s (yes, I know, different from 45) and now it’s his life’s passion.
No, but my dad is nearly 70 and still goes out a few mornings a week. So if you start now, you could have decades ahead to enjoy it.
+1. You could get literally 40 more years of enjoyment if you start now.
I’m early 40s and have taken a few lessons when traveling over the last year because I’ve also always wanted to learn! What I have learned: where you take the lessons (quality of waves) will make a big difference in how easy/hard it seems (as confirmed for me by our office IT guy, who incidentally is in his 60s, that still surfs a ton). My lesson in Hawaii was a hell of a lot easier than my lesson on the East Coast mid-Atlantic.
One day when I have the time, I’m just going to go somewhere with good waves and spend a week taking lessons.
i tried it at about that age. the upper body strength required was too much for me. not sure if it was age related.
I doubt it was age related. I’ve always had notoriously weak shoulders, which is mostly my own fault for not really doing proper strength training, and I definitely found surfing and paddling strength to be a challenge even though I was in my early 30s.
This is 100% fixable though! You can build up the stamina and strength needed.
I’m 48, I took surf lessons for the first time earlier this year at a yoga retreat in Costa Rica. It was super fun!! We did three days of surf lessons and, due to heavy winds, it ended up being three days consecutively. That was a bit much – I was pretty wiped out by the end of the third lesson. But it was really super fun. Some of the ladies in our group were in their 50s and still surfed with no problem.
I’ll admit, watching the videos after was pretty funny. It felt like we were surfing MONSTER waves when in fact they were super tiny.
Replying to myself to give a shout-out to the Tener Rogers yoga retreat and surf camp at Bodhi Tree resort. Highly recommend!! It was an amazing week.
If you already love bodysurfing, do it. If not, I would give it a pass. You need to have strong upper body and abs and love being tumbled around by the waves.
lol liking bodysurfing is not a prerequisite for liking surfing. Have fun trying it, OP!
My mom was early 40s when she learned. Shes now in her 60s and surfs several times a summer.
You’re only as old as your mindset!
Calling paralegals and attorneys who work closely with them! Our group has a new paralegal who has joined our team in the last couple of months. Her work background includes positions as legal assistant and paralegal. She has worked in several areas, but most recently in my specific specialty. She has 25 years of work experience. Her alleged reason for leaving her last firm was that the attorney she supported retired.
Here’s my issue. She’s not good. Our workflow basically assigns a matter to a paralegal who handles the matter and raises issues to the attorney when needed. For example, attorney does the intake and assigns a file with detailed instructions. The paralegal is expected to do the initial paperwork and then manage the next steps as they come. Every single time there is a document leaving the law firm, it is reviewed by the attorney. But the onus is on the paralegal to manage the process. E.g., X document coming in would necessitate a communication to the client. She should draft a letter (from the many samples available – we have forms for everything) and give to me for review. It is not feasible for me to track that X came in and now a letter needs to be drafted.
The problems are twofold. First, she does not seem to know how to manage a file. These are basic A to B to C steps for someone who has the experience she has. Second, the work is very sloppy. Client’s name spelled incorrectly, our address wrong, etc.
I have discussed the issues by (1) sending detailed emails about expectations and gaps, (2) being very clear in instructions, giving samples and connecting with other paralegals who she can ask for help (3) taking all work on paper and handing back to her to type in edits (usually I would just correct docs on my own computer to be more efficient – our other paralegals are human and make typos!).
Anything else that I should/could be doing? Am I right in thinking this is just a bad fit?
Make it very clear that she needs to proofread and provide examples where she hasn’t. Require a summary of the workflow steps she has completed and if she skipped any, an explanation of why.
Is this a typical way paralegals work in your speciality? It’s not how we utilize paralegals in my area but it’s also a practice area with less rote work/forms/clear steps. Did she overstate her experience in this area to get the job and now she’s over her head because she’s not used to this style?
Is there a document which outlines at which stages she should be going back to the lawyer? Or the typical steps/timelines for internal processes? Mistakes like incorrect addresses are clearly problematic as that’s a lack of attention to detail.
It is typical for our practice area and in our state. I know with total confidence that this is done at other firms (where I’ve practiced and not) and at her prior firm. During the interview, we were very clear about expectations. It requires someone who is comfortable with a good amount of autonomy, which she claimed to want during the interview.
Cut your losses. It’s never going to get better.
Yeah … 25 years into the profession and still making major proofreading errors? That is unlikely to get better.
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Does she understand and care that she messed up? Is she making the same mistakes repeatedly, even after you raise the issues?
25 years of experience could just mean she has some baked-in habits that she needs to unlearn. It could also mean that she is so set in her ways that she is not interested in learning new ones. If the former, perhaps worth being patient while she adjusts to new ways of working (assuming she is trying). If the latter, especially if she doesn’t acknowledge that these are actually problems or put forth effort to correct them, it might be best to part ways sooner rather than later.
All I have to say is *hugs* we have this issue at my firm and it is a pain. I am not in managerial capacity, but let’s just say today I had to remind a paralegal with 20 years of experience to turn spell check on…..
real question: is anyone wearing shorts this short? i feel like i have never, at no point in my life, liked my inner thighs that much.
And not with a blazer, lol. Shoes are cool tho
I definitely used to! Not to work of course. I prefer skirts or dresses instead of shorts these days, even for casual outings.
yes, I wear “formal” shorts like this for summer evening events. The proportions are better on me than wearing shorts that hit mid-thigh.