The Anthony Reeves Experience

We see a lot of talk on the news about student loans which made me wonder.    How many people truly have conversations with young people about what it means when you have to start paying back your student loans?  No one had that conversation with me and let me tell you why it’s important to have that conversation if you have not had it with a young person or anyone who is just starting to pay back their student loans. When I started my first job out of college, I had one student loan that was currently outstanding from my first year and a half of going to a private school. Getting the student loan wasn’t that hard because it was cosigned with my grandmother. I was 17 years old at the time and all I knew was that this loan was necessary in order for me to be able to pay for my college. What I didn’t realize was what impact it would have on me when it came time for me to repay the loan.  When I started my first job back in 1992, I was working for the state of Florida a...

 How many of us have heard the old phrase, this is what I would tell my younger self? Whenever I hear people say “If I could tell my younger self what I know now”, my thought is that there are so many versions of my younger self I couldn’t just focus on one message that would cover the entire Period.  So in keeping with the spirit of these recent graduations, I’m gonna take the opportunity to share with you the life advice I would give to the four different younger graduate versions of myself:  My 18 year old High School Grad self, my 21 year old undergrad self, my 25 year old graduate school self, and my 31 year old law school grad self. To my 18 year old high school graduate self, I will tell you to take a look to your left and right and all around you because there’s a very good chance that you will never see these people again. And that’s OK. You’ve just spent the last 12 years in a very controlled environment with affectively the same group of people. And although yo...

If you have ever lived in a city or an urban area, you will find very often that you will have access to pretty much anything you need.  Not only will you have access to the things you need, you will probably have multiple options to choose.  But what does it mean when you live in a rural area and your options are fairly limited? When I used to practice law, I practiced in a rural area. Not only was it rural but the nearest major city was about 35 miles away.  One of the things that I did when I was practicing law was that I wanted to go to the places where my clients received their treatment.   At the time I was practicing, most of the people that I represented relied heavily on Community Health services or various State or County health departments.  These Community Health provides for Physical and Mental Health care are the life blood of many communities.   However, these resources can be limited. Access to Community Healthcare can be challenging.  ...