Biglaw associates: are any of us actually happy? Forum

[Antrim]

I'd like to think I'm a generally happy dude. Ths thread looks long tho so im sure th etopic has far veered from that question so I dunno

[lavarman84]

I also have perspective - I have a rich person's perspective. I am surrounded by them, related to them, and married to one. NO legit rich person works unless they really want to (and many don't work period) - their money makes money on their own. There is no point to life if you have to work 80% of your waking hours until death. HTH.

Folks, if you have this outlook you should not become a lawyer. BiglawAssociate I mean no disrespect, but I think you should consider finding a psychologist to talk to. Your comments in this thread make me think you are suffering from pretty serious depression and the view of the world you're describing would make a person unhappy no matter his or her walk in life.

So being practical is now considered "depressed"? Spare me that bullshit. Sorry if I don't buy into the whole religious nut job mentality where the point of a person's life is to breed like a damn roach, or the uber-capitalistic mentality of "working hard is the purpose of life". Fuck. all. of. that. The point of life is to do whatever the fuck you want, and to be free from the shackles of societal bullshit. There is no "should" in life. It's about self-satisfaction - that's the purpose of life. And frankly having lots of money ($$$$) gets you to that point. Money means doing whatever the fuck you want, forever. And if you don't have money, you're shackled in a metaphorical (and sometimes literal) prison cell for life. You know that saying "money doesn't buy happiness"? It was clearly written by a poor.

You sound like a "poor."

[84651846190]

Everyone I know who "does whatever the fuck they want" is poor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ-bp_A61MI

[handsonthewheel]

I also have perspective - I have a rich person's perspective. I am surrounded by them, related to them, and married to one. NO legit rich person works unless they really want to (and many don't work period) - their money makes money on their own. There is no point to life if you have to work 80% of your waking hours until death. HTH.

Folks, if you have this outlook you should not become a lawyer. BiglawAssociate I mean no disrespect, but I think you should consider finding a psychologist to talk to. Your comments in this thread make me think you are suffering from pretty serious depression and the view of the world you're describing would make a person unhappy no matter his or her walk in life.

So being practical is now considered "depressed"? Spare me that bullshit. Sorry if I don't buy into the whole religious nut job mentality where the point of a person's life is to breed like a damn roach, or the uber-capitalistic mentality of "working hard is the purpose of life". Fuck. all. of. that. The point of life is to do whatever the fuck you want, and to be free from the shackles of societal bullshit. There is no "should" in life. It's about self-satisfaction - that's the purpose of life. And frankly having lots of money ($$$$) gets you to that point. Money means doing whatever the fuck you want, forever. And if you don't have money, you're shackled in a metaphorical (and sometimes literal) prison cell for life. You know that saying "money doesn't buy happiness"? It was clearly written by a poor.

This all assumes that you are doing what you want while you're working incredibly long hours to get the money, and that you actually get to the point of "enough wealth" that you pursue the things that you want.

Somehow happiness does not seem to just fit within the gaps of work on Friday night and after you have a somewhat early retirement.