Is anyone else experiencing a new wave of covid anxiety due to the stress of figuring out the holidays? Got in an argument with a family member about safety guidelines and testing needing to happen and I’ve been feeling paralyzed by anxiety all day.

9/27 check-in: What are everyone’s plans for today?

For me- treadmill, shoulders, chest.

Ladies- how do you handle early pregnancy constipation? I’ve already increased fiber intake, water intake is quadruple, what else can I do?

Any apartment dwellers have a peloton? I really want one but I’m worried about annoying my downstairs neighbors

Will it still be worth it to go to Puerto Rico in a couple weeks? Is it still recovering from the earthquake?

I’ve been going through a hard time lately with my mental health. I feel very depressed and unmotivated. And my work is suffering. I want to leave big law anyway and am applying to jobs. Would it be better to ask the firm for mental health leave? Or just power through doing the minimum?

Anyone here downshift in life post service?

Feel like I've been going full bore for the past decade and literally have no problem continuing the trend. Like I could just keep marking milestones and grinding or whatever until I die.

Wondering when if anyone else felt similar and decided to pull back and do something more relaxing. What was the catalyst, what are you doing, and are you enjoying it?

I'd considered taking up a 9-5 somewhere but not sure if thatd wear off fast.

I’ve gained about 10 lbs these last 5 weeks and now my punishment will be losing 20 lbs in 3 weeks

Fox Rothschild, litigation, Delaware, mid level

Considering a move from a larger BigLaw firm to Fox Rothschild, primarily to work on matters I’m more interested in, but hopefully to also have a slightly better work life balance. I know it would be a pay cut though, and their various covid cuts have me concerned as well.

Any insight from current or former associates? What is firm culture like? Is work life balance decent enough to justify a lower salary?

How to get rid of belly fat? I have accumulated about 15 lbs of belly fat and love handles over last few months. I wasn’t to lose it all but don’t know where to begin. Any tips? I don’t have fat in other parts of body. I’m 5’6; 130 lbs.

I’m going to be starting my IVF journey. I was told that you can choose the sex of your baby. This intrigues me but I also feel as though it’s an attempt to play God. For those of you who have gone through this, what did you and your significant other end up doing?

HR question. When switching companies and the new company has a 30 day waiting period before health insurance starts, how do y'all handle insurance coverage? Cobra wouldn't be an option as resigning doesn't qualify.

Going through a rough patch, mental-health wise. I have always been a high performer and dont back down from challenges. But this past month something feels off in my head and I have 0% motivation for anything at the moment. Brief run down: work-stress, meeting expectations, fear of failure, imposter-syndrome, negative self-image (probably from all the time I spend on IG… might need therapy. 🥲
I don’t know what went wrong, but I don’t think I’m the only one to have felt this. Sorry for the sads!

Desi Fam,

I suffer from depression and anxiety. Been facing it through past year now. Have tried all natural methods but no success. Also pandemic hasn’t made it easier as well.

Lot of pressure from family to get married but with my state of mind, not so much inclined. (M29).

Family thinks it good to move back to india and try afresh but the prospect of not been able to get good salary job/ and sabotaging a career that I made gives me more anxiety.

My facility want us to run Bipap on Med-surg floors. I don't think that is safe. It's one RT in the entire hospital.

The hangover is real today.

I’m not motivated to work out at home (boring and not a variety of options) and don’t want to go to gym due to Covid. What should I do?

My wife and I are expecting our first child together and she has gained a significant amount of weight. I don't mind this at all, however, it has caused her to snore louder than a rocket engine.
Has anyone else experienced this before? And tips on mitigating the noise?
I finally fell asleep (in the living room) at 3 am last night and woke up at 8 am because I could hear her snoring from the couch.

Anyone ever done the gut health / microbiome test? Whether with a doctor or a take home kit? There’s very obviously something unbalanced in my gut / digestive system and would like to know if these tests have been helpful for anyone!

Bringing my parents to US. Dad is 60+, mom 55+
1. Which Indian health insurance should I opt for?
2. Any fine print I need to look for?

Have my last mysterious absence from work before I give my notice. Should I go with the standard “family member’s engagement party” or spice it up and say I’m trying to win back an ex?

I’d never thought I’d do a dual bachelors, but in addition to having one in Ops Management, I’m about to finish one in Singleness.

Any healthcare consultants here?

Let's compete! What's the craziest fake news you've heard so far and how many relatives of yours believed it?

How would your rate your companies in AI, data science , ML practice ? What are some unique things companies are doing to upskill and transform. ?

Whether Salary got Credited today guys???? For Anybody....

Hi all,

Can someone help me with an anonymous technical program manager cv which has been successful in getting calls from reputed organizations? I am really struggling to create mine that gets a decent number of returns from the recruiters in decent organization.

How are yall preparing for the 2026 World Cup?

I am from the US and I'm traveling to Europe next week for the first time ever. I have read that tipping culture at restaurants and bars is different over there, so I wondered if this is true and if anyone knows, how should I prepare accordingly?

Any ex consultants find good exit ops in DC? (Private sector)

Currently in ibanking as an associate and want to see if I can make the move to PE. Is the CAIA viewed favorably at all?

What can bs best answer to a question why you want to switcr form one big 4 to another big4.
Definitely we cannot say salary hike. What can be best appropriate answer

Hi All,

I have joined IBM in July 2022. I haven't got any project till now. Skill set is PySpark, AWS, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, SQL. 2 Project interviews are done and they haven't considered my profile.

I have 7years total and 2.3 years Relevant Experience is there. Monday I have one project interview for Production support project. Is it good to go with Support project or shall I wait for a development role? Is it tough to get a project in IBM if you're hired a pool resource?
Let me know your sug

Looking for info on Haynes & Boone’s typical interview/hiring timeline. Happy to talk via messaging or in the comments.

Does anyone know how long the interview process is at Winstead?

What are the best consulting firms to work at if I want to exit to Big tech in few years (after reaching manager)?

How would you go about finding jobs in Biz Ops at tech companies from Big 4 Tech Consulting (Deloitte Omnia AI)?

Most/Least stressful areas of practice (in either transition or litigation)

Burnout: cyclical and becomes so debilitating that I find myself unable to do simple every day tasks. How often do you burnout? What does it entail for you?

When I was going into courtrooms, a bad night of sleep didn’t matter-I’d snap to attention as soon as I got into court. I’m doing phone hearings now and the focus isn’t there as much. Any ideas?

What did y’all actually want to be when you grew up?

If you’re reading this, go drink some water!

Any 🐠 here with fibromyalgia that have managed to deal with sudden flare ups impacting timeline of return of deliverables? Yesterday and today have been complete washes due to first, all over body pain and today, added brain fog and extreme fatigue. I can’t think, can barely lift a pinky. I have items that I expected to get out but are now taking longer and not getting the focus I’d usually bring. Has FM interrupted your schedule before and how did you deal with it?

Does anyone have any advise when it comes to navigating getting help and your firm. I had a tough month mentally. But I reached out to my local bar’s LAP. I’m starting the process of seeing a therapist. But my dreads still here. I’m panicking about being short on hours, falling behind on my cases and explaining to my boss I know I’m behind at work but I am working on it. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Has anyone had good experiences taking ashwagandha for daily stress?

3rd yr here in a mid size firm. I’ve been struggling in the mental health dept. I was on leave for 3 wks and have returned to work in June. However, i still feel like a corpse everyday and have zero motivation to do anything. I have noticed my work product declining and I feel extremely burnt out with no hope for the future. I have been trying to get appointment with a psychiatrist but they are either not working or booked up. I want to get better but don’t know where/who to turn to. Advice?

question of the day: why did you join this bowl? Since I asked, I will start: I’ve been on a journey of recovery from legal-overachiever-workaholism. Changed jobs, city and environment and still working hard to recover from burnout that is, unfortunately, part and parcel of the legal profession.

People with depression in big law- how do you manage? How do you meet your hours? The lack of support/training and being remote has been very hard on me.

I’ve been working to an unhealthy degree lately. And I’ve been making the excuse that I have a lot of work right now, but I’m starting to wonder if I’m addicted to it. Part of it is anxiety and perfectionism. But my behavior is now actively harmful to myself and starting to harm my marriage.

How do I stop? I’m not talking work-life balance. I mean, how do I say, “I don’t care that the client wants this tomorrow and I’m not close to done, I’m going to sleep tonight”?

Is it me or does depression in big law mostly affect single overworked women around age 30?

Choose to be happy today

Does anyone have experience breaking up w a therapist? I've been seeing my therapist for 5+ years for eating disorder treatment and we've been through so much together, but I don't think she's able to help me anymore. While I've stopped my ED behaviors, they've evolved into OCD, and I'm finding that her methods might be making it worse. I think I want to try an OCD expert instead. But I don't know how to end the relationship. Do I just stop going? Do I explain myself? I don't know what to do 🥺

I've been working from home for the last six months and had this constant urge to eat treats I find anywhere around the house. My two daughters find it humorous, but it has rarely made me feel good. Kindly, what can I do to stop?

SEEKING OPINIONS & FEEDBACK: I love the honest & practical discussions here, where people can freely identify things that are going on & seek guidance.

Wondering whether anybody’d be interested in some kind of more purposeful community- i.e., gathering w/fellow lawyers to pursue some specific mental health & well-being goals? We’d provide some counseling/coaching type content, in bite sized chunks, but have regular discussions to connect & encourage one another on applying the content IRL.