| sebastian_dangerfield |
09-12-2006 02:27 PM |
Real close to walking out...
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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
One of the following will happen first: (1) I will walk out; (2) my smart-ass mouth will get me in trouble...it's like I'm in the first stage of tourettes - I literally cannot control some of the shit that comes out of my mouth (to anyone). I was supposed to grow out of this. In 10th grade it was, "Mr. Coltrane, Sr., your son has a big problem with authority." Nothing has changed. Whatever I think comes out of my mouth. Immediately. I can't stop it.
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Think of it this way, also, Coltrane. The system exists in its present incarnation only because people like you and I buy into it. If you stand up and say "Nope, I don't buy it," and move into something else, you're helping to destroy the myth that has created Service Partners since law firms began - the fallacy that You can't Do Something Else.
Most of us here play the system like a fiddle - half assing our way around our jobs based on some natural talent and an occasional flash of interest in the rare truly interesting project that comes our way. We get used to the money and figure "all jobs suck, this one pays well, and I have loans..." We ratchet our spending to meet our income in the flawed belief things will substitute for the time lost to our tedious toil. Bang - suddenly you have golden handcuffs. You're trapped, right?
No, you're not. You can restructure your life the same way a business does in an industry downturn. You do what you love, and you realize suddenyl, the days aren't work anymore, and you're not working just to buy things to forget the toil of your work week. You're out. Maybe you missed a few payments here or there, but you're out.
This sounds elementary, I know. But sometimes, you get so caught up in the Fear law firm life lays on us that you forget that escape isn't impossible, but just following a painful, but doable formula... With a payoff multiples of what those who stay and stifle their desires to do something different never enjoy.
I'll get beaten by a few people for this comment because a lot of people don't like to hear this sort of thing. That's understandable.
But you're not one of them. And you know it. |
