I’m going through periods of Intense businesses and extreme boredom. What got you through this?

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Working from home and getting chores done during stretches of boredom.

The slow days, when you are lucky enough to have them, are also great for knocking out some virtual CLEs or taking advantage of other resources learn knee things/brush up on areas you are weak in.

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Take the break! You work hard enough as is don’t feel guilty. If you are, take CLEs and work on internal projects (file organization etc). I usually just plan for future vacations during the downtime 😊

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This is great advice. Plan to enjoy one of the perks of inhouse, which is to enjoy your time off. Think of getting to that and enjoying some nice time off.

Also, if you are overwhlemed, try to push those phantom deadlines back. Talk to your boss to get some more breathing room or send stuff to outside counsel.

Unlike slow days at a firm, you don’t have billables to worry about! Enjoy it! Take a CLE, clean out your inbox, organize your office….or take a nap. Seriously. In the corporate world there are slow days/weeks. I’m sure you work hard and go above and beyond when things are busy…get caught up on life when it’s slow.

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