BEING A LAWYER IS KILLING YOU...BUT HEY THE MONEY IS GOOD!
BEING A LAWYER IS KILLING YOU...BUT HEY THE MONEY IS GOOD!
Well, the first part is 100% true and the second part is debatable!
I saw this post and immediately knew I had to write about it. This is exactly what I have been talking about. I started to scroll through the comments and I saw nothing NEW.
Women lawyers GRINDING IT OUT! per the USUAL!
I WAS THERE TOO!
Nothing in law school prepares you for work life. In law school, I was taught how to brief a case, how to do legal research and how to argue a case!
The big joke was the first year they scare you to death! The second-year they work you to death and the third year they BORE you to DEATH!
What I KNOW for a fact is they taught me nothing about balance, exercising and eating healthy and nothing about mental and emotional stability. It wasn’t uncommon to hear people working 80-90 hour work weeks thinking about nothing other than billable hours!
For me, a BRAIN TUMOR WAS THE LAST STRAW! This was enough for me to say if I get a second bite at the apple I am going to do things differently the second time around.
Just like the comments in the post I see women lawyers...
Sparing with their significant other. Maybe they want a significant other and work-life is getting in the way of that DREAM.
Struggling to be a part of their kids lives or maybe no kids due to the pressure and stress and fertility is an issue.
Grappling with inner demons that are keeping them stuck?
Wrestling with putting THEMSELVES FIRST!
Does all of this sound WAY TO FAMILIAR?
I AM EVERYONE OF THOSE COMMENTS. I didn’t have a significant other! I wanted a baby and fertility was an issue! Do I stay or do I go was a constant conversation in my head! I clearly wasn’t putting myself FIRST!
We women stay STUCK because the FEAR of the POSSIBILITIES is GREATER than the FEAR of MISERY!
Your body is YEARNING to be happy and content again. Remember those days before law school when you were happy go lucky, not run by your calendar and cell phone!
Take some time to get REAL with yourself. Is this what you signed up for the rest of your LIFE?
GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION!
It is time for us women to listen to our inner wisdom/mother’s intuition. Whatever you call that inner voice whispering to you.
Allow the time to heal those inner demons that are KEEPING YOU STUCK!
LASTLY, DARE TO DREAM WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MONEY!
#OUT~LAW #WITHERSWHISPER