Your weekend plans, priorities, and activities are a direct reflection of who you are during the week. This is not to say that a Friday night spent drinking renders you a whiskey connoisseur (or an alcoholic); rather, weekend indulgences can be a sign that you've been in full force all week and your body simply needs some balance. Regardless, it is important to assess the way you spend your weekend time under the same lens of careful scrutiny that you apply to your workweek. 

When life gets hectic and and your schedule demands a sacrifice, health is often the first item on the chopping block. In the heat of the moment, skipping lunch for an urgent client meeting or cutting back on sleep to finish writing a last-minute motion feels not only viable, but necessary. What you may fail to realize in this moment, however, is that every health sacrifice you make has a direct and detrimental effect on your body, your energy, and your efficiency. 

As a lawyer, there will be times you are forced to compromise your health regardless of these consequences. You can prepare your body for these situations and alleviate their negative impacts by implementing a few of the following tools.