Well, let's see. You didn't like construction which I did for a good while and know it is pretty much grunt work, getting dirty every day working in a less than ideal environment and it can take a while to get to a good livable wage.

Now you're a lawyer and I would assume in a suit, office with A/C, don't get your hands dirty with a decent starting salary and all the perks that come with it. Cush job compared to construction.

Could it be you just don't like to work????

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Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 6/13/23 at 3:27 pm to gumbo2176

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You didn't like construction which I did for a good while and know it is pretty much grunt work, getting dirty every day working in a less than ideal environment and it can take a while to get to a good livable wage.

The dirt didn't bother me none. I didn't like the lack of any sort of geographic or temporal consistency. They constantly were changing my work hours and moving me around with no notice and no information for how long I'd be wherever they sent me. Right before I quit, they were telling me I was going to Texas, but couldn't tell me if I would be gone a week, a month, or what. The crew ended up in Texas for almost 3 years. They kept flipping me back and forth between days and nights.

I also had an exceptionally crappy boss. Plus, I didn't like averaging 77hrs/wk for months at a time.

When I was working 4 10's or even 5 10's, I really didn't mind it. When I was working 13 14's, I hated it and couldn't wait to leave.

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Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 6/13/23 at 3:33 pm to gumbo2176

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Could it be you just don't like to work?

Who actually LIKES to work?

No one wakes up and thinks, man, if only I could just do MORE that's not financially compensated and doesn't benefit my lifestyle directly!

For me, I think some of my struggles in law are due to the nature of the positions in law that I have held to date (subject matter, billable hours requirements, morality issues, etc). When I've gotten to do "actual legal work" like draft motions for summary judgment and argue in court, I've enjoyed those portions. The problem is that "actual legal work" is like 0.00000001% of being a lawyer in my experience.

This post was edited on 6/13/23 at 3:36 pm

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