October is probably my favorite month. There seems to be so much going on, and with fall commencing, you begin to realize how quickly time passes.

We celebrated my son’s 2nd birthday yesterday, and that made me think about how precious and quick life comes. There’s a national insurance company that likes to use the slogan, "Life comes at you fast." This partner this pithy slogan with screen shots of babies instantly becoming adults. Suddenly, the "wiser" parent gets shell-shocked by their newest adult child. the whole point of the ad campaign is to encourage us to examine our lives and determine what we need to do to meet certain, and quick, occurrences.

That’s one of the particular reasons why I like October so much. By October, nine months have passed, and we should be amply on our way to achieving this year’s goals. However, if you’re like me, you haven’t put yourself anywhere near achieving, and it’s likely been a struggle just to get started.

October gives us a chance to reevaluate our expectations and make adjustments to our year. You still have 3 months (I know that sounds funny, considering that October is the 10th month) to reenergize yourself and accomplish the goals you’ve set. Sure, there will always be those impossible goals you’ll never be able to do, but you can still finish some of the other, more simple ones.

What’s more, October gives me an opportunity to reflect on just how much I’ve accomplished. For instance, in October 2008, I began offering legal services in my newly-formed firm, Absolute Legal Services, LLC. In this year’s time, we’ve have added two new services, immigration and social security, as well as, helped many clients in our original practice areas of litigation, bankruptcy, credit/debt, and family law. The addition of the two new services helped accomplish one of the goals made last October, and hopefully we’ll be able to accomplish the remaining goals. Additionally, we hope to continue our mission of providing quality and competent legal services for a low cost.