tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094014998630255684.post1976337948657490664..comments2024-01-18T02:14:51.510-08:00Comments on Attorney to (Temporary) Temp: "You do realize we're all going to be dead soon, don't you?"Recovering Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05216005842425651479noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094014998630255684.post-1625045145041079252010-06-04T08:02:54.880-07:002010-06-04T08:02:54.880-07:00"I remember crying to my husband about how I ..."I remember crying to my husband about how I was 'wasting my life' and that I was starting to hate living my life."<br /><br />I know the feeling very well. (Although I do not have a husband or wife. Who wants to date a broke guy who lives with his parents and can't find work anywhere?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094014998630255684.post-31913630076624399922010-06-03T23:51:58.066-07:002010-06-03T23:51:58.066-07:00I had that moment before I went to law school. My...I had that moment before I went to law school. My brother in law died 3 weeks before I learned I got accepted in the Northeast (I lived unhappily in the South at the time). Going to law school was more of my excuse to get out of the South & build contacts to eventually move to NYC, which I did after graduating & taking 2 bar exams.<br /><br />I never obsessed over law school or was a Film Co. Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995928421833366660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094014998630255684.post-91805451552879839642010-06-02T14:03:10.883-07:002010-06-02T14:03:10.883-07:00Oh, man, I can relate. Part of the reason I went ...Oh, man, I can relate. Part of the reason I went was to please my father, the other part was to stick it to him (he never went to college and we never really got along). I, too, saw my peers go into the job market sooner and start establishing themselves, all the while thinking it would be worth it in the end for me to delay all that. Ha. That's all I can say. Ha.Recovering Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216005842425651479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094014998630255684.post-1611646616008765202010-06-02T10:22:28.482-07:002010-06-02T10:22:28.482-07:00Law for me was a means to please my parents. I al...Law for me was a means to please my parents. I also believed I was "headed somewhere" as opposed to peers who chose to work full time or go with a technical education. Years later, they're the ones with the jobs and homes. I got there, too, but it could have been done with far less schooling and expenses!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com