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Some practical advice please |
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life's vocation |
| Date Posted: |
01/09/2002 |
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As always, I appreciate your insight and your honesty.
I have been on a mission, for the past year or so, to find my so-called vocation. My life's work. I live a comfortable lifestyle and have found reasonable success in my 3 years out of college, but I have always felt as though something was lacking. I have spent far too much of my time while at work, wishing I was doing anything but what I was doing and have had way too much time to dream about that perfect career.
Well, I know nothing is perfect, but if I can get to where I am happy doing something while realizing success at it - thats good enough for me.
I don't know that I will ever be rich - I don't know that I even want to be. My ambition lies not in reaching a certain salary level, but rather, in leading a balanced life where I can feel good about what I do, be good at what I do, and enjoy what I am doing, while I am doing it. Simply put, I may not want to wake up every morning gunning for the office, but I don't want to live for the weekend and I don't want to loathe myself for selling out.
and so (sorry for the long-windedness), I have come to seriously think about law. I like to think of myself as a reader, a writer, and a half-baked philosopher. An engineer, doctor, or captain of industry I am not.
I know that things will be demanding, especially in those first few years, but i am still young and single and, to be honest, I have had things too easy in life... I want to prove to myself that I can hack it. I also have the feeling that my ambitions will grow as I get older (i am still in that "finding myself" stage) and I think law will provide good opportunities for my ambition's growth.
So, thank you for the encouragement. Every day, it feels more and more like the right thing to do every day. I guess I was looking for someone to say - yeah, you sound like you'll like it. or no, you're just like I was, and i hate it, and here's why.
In the end, I will trust my gut, but I appreciate your wisdom. |
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I think that one thing I learned in law practice was that how you practice law makes a lot of difference in whether it seems like a calling or merely a job.
Ollie, if I can help you sort through specifics, please feel free to use the vault member network system to contact me directly.
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