Dear Anonymous,
We know it’s hard to understand right now, but there is more to life than grades, law school, or getting a biglaw job (biglaw jobs are miserable anyway!) We know you’re used to working hard and excelling (which is why we went to law school and wanted to be lawyers), but life never goes according to plan. Trust us…our lives have been filled with rejection (from law schools, government internships, biglaw firms, the opposite gender, etc.) and disappointments (not everyone in biglaw had great grades), and it’s worked out in the end. As type-A lawyers/law school students, we’re not used to stumbling along the way, but it happens. And you’ll get up again and carry on.
A job is a job. It’s a way to pay for a living, but that’s it. Don’t let it define your happiness. We know tons of people who aren’t lawyers and who are making next to nothing, but they are happy with their lives because they prioritize the intangibles - friends, family, hobbies, interests, health - above all else. And that’s how it should be. You work to live, not live to work. Work on what makes you happy.
This site makes fun of biglaw for a reason - it’s what we endure on a daily basis and it tries to show the reality of biglaw. We see partners around us every day who are unhappy because they spent most of their time defining their lives by their job. That’s why we want to get out of biglaw. That’s not real success. Biglaw is not a glamorous job by any means, and it really isn’t anything anyone should aspire to (unless you enjoy hanging out with the socially awkward). You will find satisfaction and happiness elsewhere.
Keep your head up.
http://lifeinbiglaw.tumblr.com/post/51734479985/dear-anonymous-we-know-its-hard-to-understand
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