Transactional third year feeling burned out and want to quit

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Heard. 7th year but class of 2016 and feeling hardcore burned out

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lol all good. It’s really hard to come back from a deep burnout. I hit that point around 6 years into my career and I’m there again at 10 years in. I’m aggressively scaling back on daily obligations (which is hard because I also have school age kids) and actively not trying to take on more work that what I need to get through an 8 hour billable day. I’m hoping a few months of that help my mental state

same. Giving it one more year then looking in house.

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If you want an in-house job one year from now, you should probably start looking now. It can take a while.

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I worked my first summer of law school in a big firm. I would see partners in the office on Sunday and I asked myself why I wanted to bust my ass for years to make partner just for the privilege of being able to work on Sunday?

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No A4, my question was why the summer associate was there in Sundays, not why the partners were there. I get why the partners were there lol

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Ya all make me rethink wanting to pivot back from my secondment soon to be full time inhouse. 9-5, but more like < half a day work on most days. How much would you take to go inhouse?

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You can make up the money by diligently investing all savings and living below your means for a decade

Me but I'm only a second year 😭 I love money so much though

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