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Consider actually getting a SO. This is an opportunity to build a real life outside of work.
Find a hobby, join online meetup groups, take a class - there are other ways to beat boredom than jumping back into the grind of biglaw/law firms. just my 2 cents
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When I was a kid, I loved sugary candy. Didn’t matter what they called it, as long as it was basically pure sugar.
As I aged, I began to appreciate contrasting and complimentary flavors, appreciate textures, and appreciate the presentation of a meal.
I still sometimes need pure sugar from time to time, but a steady diet of it was simply unsustainable.
The grind is satisfying in a way that nothing else really can be, but finding the contrasting flavors and textures of being in house can be satisfying in its own, even if in more understated way. And it’s certainly more sustainable.
To experience that texture, see if you can play bigger roles with your business team. Figure out what people in other departments do. Figure out why your GC staffs certain roles with certain lawyer types. Look over the numbers your finance guys yourself to see if they make sense to you.
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Reread this post this morning, and other than missing a comma, I stand by it! 😂
I only liked the end product of the grind — winning a motion, settling a big case, winning a trial or arbitration, making an amazing oral argument. The satisfaction of completion. The components of that end product — the 1000000s pages of discovery, 7 day work weeks, endless motions/briefs, stacked deadlines, no. So I liked about 2% of my job. I was busy though, and the grind keeps your mind off stuff. I’ve been in house since beginning of the year. Most days are fairly slow. Today I had a 15 minute meeting, then read a demand letter and made a recommendation. Then I read a couple legal blogs I like. Then checked in with the departments I work with to see if anyone needed me for anything. Then sat and moved my mouse around for 5 hours so I wouldn’t go idle on teams. Most days are boring AF. But all I have to do is remember that sense of doom I felt at this same time last year looking at all the deadlines I had stacked against me. People are right— try hobbies, get on some dating apps, date/mess around, try something new — Im working on my yoga teacher training this fall, and planning to make homemade apple butter. I also took up rafting.
I also initially put myself as away all the time because that’s what we would do at the firm and I noticed some people did the same at my new job. I have seen my supervisor on all the time but it’s been slow and I don’t know how she’s on all the time tbh
Hate and love relationship. The busier you are, the more disciplined you have to be.
How long have you been out of big law? I'd give it some time before you jump back in. I've felt what you're feeling, but I picked up some new hobbies and got re-interested in life stuff that I'd had to put aside, and now I could not imagine going back to the grind.
Also, let yourself be bored for a bit. Research shows it's good for the brain!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2020/09/02/why-neuroscientists-say-boredom-is-good-for-your-brains-health/?sh=661456681842
What’s your current role? I’m looking for boredom lol
Literally same! I wasn’t in biglaw and I’m not in-house right now but the firm I’m at isn’t as demanding as I’d like it to be. I bill on average 40hours a week and wish there was more to keep me busier at work. I started getting more involved in local bar orgs and getting new hobbies to fill my time during the week (learning guitar, a new language, taking up running). It’s helped a bit but I still feel like work could be more…challenging and exciting?
Find some love!!!
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Lol I’ll swap jobs with you 😆
I think it’s easy to think you’re “built for the grind” when you don’t have other demands on your time. But since you seem up to it, go back to big law and make big money until it’s no longer consistent with the life you want.