re: Considering rebooting my life

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That means, even if I knew exactly what I wanted to do in law and exactly where I wanted to do it, I would have to wait at least a year before I'd be able to do so.

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So? You're young and unattached. A change of scenery can change everything. If you don't scratch the itch to wander you'll never be settled in old age.

Sounds like there's an empty void in your life that no career is going to fill.

I have compassion for people. I can’t find it for a lawyer who has to work long hours and doesn’t have time to spend on his passion for music or self-care at the age of 30 with no wife or kids to support.

A lot of men out there busting their hump every day up to their ears in family responsibilities without the advantage of a law degree.

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I used to be. I had a near death experience last year where I literally visited the afterlife. It has definitely shaken me to my core and left me questioning everything that I previously knew. It's a weird dichotomy, I now have unshakable personal evidence that the Christian God exists, but also have unshakable personal evidence for why I shouldn't necessarily trust in said God. Our God is FALLIBLE. He makes MISTAKES...ALL THE TIME! As a result, I have struggled to go back to church since then.

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God you post such insane shite.

My advice: stop taking pop punk seriously. That will help 55% of your problems.

Kingbob, your passion is music. You need to find a way to make that your career. You will continue feeling this way about the working world until that time comes. People that feel the most alive being creative will always have a hard time in front of a computer screen all day.

Do some research on “flow state”. Finding a profession that keeps you in this state will maximize happiness.

Believe me, I picked a boring and safe profession, I am plenty good at it, but get so little satisfaction I may as well be calling numbers at the DMV. I left my last job and don’t think I will be back in that field. You could keep searching for the right firm, profession, location, etc, but you won’t be happy until you challenge your brain in the ways you already know it want to be.

ETA: I knew you passion was music just by reading your name in the OP, didn’t realize you had brought that up already. I didn’t know how young you were and also an atty.

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The main hurdle to this is having to take another state's bar before I can practice anywhere else. Even assuming I knew what state I wanted to relocate to, it's too late to sign up for a July bar exam sitting, so I'd have to wait until February of next year before I could take another bar, and then likely wouldn't get results until May of next year. That means, even if I knew exactly what I wanted to do in law and exactly where I wanted to do it, I would have to wait at least a year before I'd be able to do so.

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This is not a big deal whatsoever, and would give you something to look forward to and work for. You are limiting yourself because you know it’s not what you actually want.

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My passions don't pay me, though. My passion is music. I'm actually quite good at it. But, it feels like the only way to make any money off of it (and barely enough to survive), is to perform covers for tourists 6 hrs/night in a place like Bourbon St.

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My advice is go for it (the change) but....
Day Job

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From Hunter himself: "I don’t think they (Dead Heads) were really listening to it. They didn’t like the idea. I was saying, “Keep your day job, support yourself, whether you like that gig or not.” You had to do your job while you’re lining up your long shot. That just makes good sense. It was a nice uptempo song with a catchy lyric. A couple of people reacted, and it became a thing to dislike “Keep Your Day Job.” They didn’t like the meaning, or what they perceived as the meaning."

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DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND IT AINT A JOB!!!!!!

Follow the "path with heart". If you don't have something you truly love, then it's not your job or location that is your problem.

Good luck with your "worthy challenge". And our Tigers against WF as well.

Have you tried a career aptitute test? Try Truity.

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It’s not a fallacy, it’s just FAR more rare than we’ve been made to believe.

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It’s really not. Income pressure makes it seem like it is. Loving a job to me doesn’t even require passion…if time flies by while you are doing it, and you wish you had more time to do it in a day, that’s good enough to say you love your job.