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As a lawyer, and a dad, I see a lot of last minute activity. It isn't that I cause the last minute activity, I end up fixing it. As a dad I am told all too often that a project or homework assignment is due the next day. I have to drop everything I'm doing, or give up on relaxing, to help finish a project. It happens in law too.

I get calls from people who have literally waited till the last possible day to take care of something. Calls like, "I have a court hearing tomorrow, but there is a warrant out for my arrest. What will happen to me?" Or like a recent one, "I am supposed to go see the police for questioning tomorrow morning, what should I do?" Waiting to the last minute, in law, life or homework is the wrong way to approach things.

When you wait till the last minute you make it very hard for people to be available to help. Not everyone can modify their schedule to meet your self-created emergency. When you wait you also give up on your options. The time to prepare for a hearing is long in advance. That way you have every possible option available to you. There may information to be gathered, there may be counter motions to be filed, there may be actions taken that reduce your risks or increase your chances of success.

Whatever you do, just stop waiting till the last minute! Give yourself the peace of mind that something is being done to fix the problem. Just waiting almost never fixes anything. Waiting only creates stress and worsens the possible outcomes.

If there is a problem in your future, do something now to fix it, while there is ample time.

If you are out of time...
Well... call me anyway.

I've gotten used to trying to fix peoples problems at the last minute, although I'd rather they called sooner.