Shock. Anger. Fear. Sadness. Hopelessness.

It’s hard to describe the barrage of emotions I’ve felt since finding out that I failed the bar exam on Saturday. After two months of bar prep followed by another month of anxiously awaiting the results, news that I’d failed came like a soul-crushing, blunt-force trauma. After putting forth so much time and effort in preparing for the exam, how could I have failed? Almost instantly, I found myself going to a very dark place.

Luckily, a few close friends and family members were there to talk me off the ledge. They let me know that it isn’t the end of the world, and that everything would be ok. Without them, I would be in a much worse headspace than I am now. So, in an effort to express my gratitude to the universe and pay their kindness forward, I decided to start this blog, Safe (Non)Passage.

My ultimate goal in creating this blog is to help others similarly positioned by chronicling my own experiences over the next several months, good and bad, positive and negative. I plan on discussing everything from finding temporary legal work to pay the bills to strategizing success for the exam in February. My hope is that Safe (Non)Passage will help others that have and will receive the unfortunate news that they’ve failed their exams. At the very least, I just want to let people know that they are not alone, and though we have some things to figure out, it’s going to be ok.

Yeah, life handed us a sack of lemons. So what? Let’s try and make us some lemonade.

Q