MEMBERS OF CANADA'S LEGAL COMMUNITY ANSWER QUESTIONS POPULARIZED BY FRENCH WRITER MARCEL PROUST AND TELL US THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON
THEY'D SHARE WITH THEIR 25-YEAR-OLD SELF.

Darcy Bruce is a marketing manager at Lawyers Financial. Here's where we'll say something about who you are, what type of law you practice, and why your work inspires us.

1 I CONSIDER MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT TO BE

Working for a not-for-profit that's entirely dedicated to serving a profession that's entirely dedicated to service.

2 MY IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS IS

When you get into the "flow state" with writing or basketball or tennis—that moment when you stop thinking and just ...react. The Best.

3 MY CURRENT STATE OF MIND IS

Not quite that.

4 MY MOST TREASURED POSSESSION

Curiosity, I hope.

5 MY MOST MARKED CHARACTERISTIC IS

My photo of my parents at a Halloween party in the 80's. They're dressed as very famous cartoon mice and my dad is smoking a cigarette.

6 THE PLACE I'D MOST LIKE TO LIVE IS

Exactly where I live now. In 2020, I moved to Montreal, my favourite city.

7 THE THING I MOST DISLIKE IS

Hearing "no" where you're sharing an idea that's new and vulnerable. I've been lucky in my a-career to work with people who start from a place of "yesand," who nurture new ideas and make them better.

8 MY GREATEST FEAR IS

Being that person who says "no", probably.

9 THE TALENT I'D MOST LIKE TO HAVE IS

The ability to sing like Jeff Buckley.

10 MY GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE IS

I used to get my hair cut every two weeks. That was two years and six haircuts ago.

11 MY FAVOURITE WORD IS

Volcanic.

12 THE QUALITY I MOST VALUE IN MY FRIENDS IS

"Is it possible to?"

13 THE LIVING PERSON I MOST ADMIRE IS

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14 THE WORDS OR PHRASES I OVERUSE MOST ARE

I'll take two. My parents. They've been married for over 50 years and are a model for me on how to build a life filled with love, laughter and resilience.

15 THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON I'D SHARE WITH MY 25-YEAR-OLD SELF IS

That thing they say about how it pays to start early? Maybe get fewer haircuts and invest in a TFSA.