I Left the Law
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 6:56 pm
Today I did what I didn't think I'd ever do, and gave my 2 weeks notice to my comfortable firm job.
I'm returning back to my previous career. I joined law school on what I see now was a questionable decision for intellectual fulfillment, a decent paycheck and a steady job.
Despite how often I thought it was for me, I had good days and many tolerable days, I knew looking 10 years into the future I would just end up being yet another person who came onto these boards to groan about how much they hate their job.
I didn't love my old career with a fiery passion, but I could never see myself hating it and I wasn't taking a huge pay cut even if noticeable.
Its tough for me to essentially throw away my years of training in school and work, maybe I come back maybe I don't, but I felt it was unquestionably the best decision for me. I know many of my colleagues who kill it at their jobs and find happiness. I just couldn't. I'm also aware not everyone is 'happy' at their job, sometimes its just work. But at my previous job I wouldn't be dreadful.
I wanted to thank a lot of the regular posters here, for the dozens of pages of advice I've read over the years. Yall made my time in the law bearable just to know there were others out there thinking the same things.
I'm returning back to my previous career. I joined law school on what I see now was a questionable decision for intellectual fulfillment, a decent paycheck and a steady job.
Despite how often I thought it was for me, I had good days and many tolerable days, I knew looking 10 years into the future I would just end up being yet another person who came onto these boards to groan about how much they hate their job.
I didn't love my old career with a fiery passion, but I could never see myself hating it and I wasn't taking a huge pay cut even if noticeable.
Its tough for me to essentially throw away my years of training in school and work, maybe I come back maybe I don't, but I felt it was unquestionably the best decision for me. I know many of my colleagues who kill it at their jobs and find happiness. I just couldn't. I'm also aware not everyone is 'happy' at their job, sometimes its just work. But at my previous job I wouldn't be dreadful.
I wanted to thank a lot of the regular posters here, for the dozens of pages of advice I've read over the years. Yall made my time in the law bearable just to know there were others out there thinking the same things.