The Firm Was Paying It's Bills. My Life Wasn't Moving Forward
Apr 20, 2026
A few years into running my own firm, everything looked fine from the outside. It was me and one partner, an office-sharing arrangement, a shared paralegal. We were covering expenses. We were paying ourselves. Nobody was in crisis.
But I had this nagging feeling I could not shake: I was not getting ahead. Revenue felt like it had a ceiling on it. Most of our business was coming through referrals, and despite our marketing efforts, nothing was moving the needle. I started quietly looking for a way out.
The moment that made it undeniable was when I tried to buy a house. We had a child on the way, and I needed to qualify for a mortgage.
