re: Considering rebooting my life

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The problem is that "actual legal work" is like 0.00000001% of being a lawyer in my experience.

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A dirty little secret.

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billable hours requirements

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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.

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That is basically every professional, high skill job. In my job I spend 10% of my time or less doing my actual job title and 90% of the time in preparation, meetings, writing documents, emails, etc.

If I'm hearing any theme in your posts it is that you hate unpredictability, long hours, bosses with last minute demands, etc. You will never escape this completely, but your best bet may be state or federal government work and not a position like prosecutor, investigator, field enforcement, etc. Stick to a headquarters regulatory office doing general documents, filings, application processing, etc.