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[quote=Anonymous]How senior is your spouse? It can be hard to feel satisfied and content as a younger lawyer driven mostly by the fact that you don't know what you're doing and usually have no control over your schedule. As you get more senior, your confidence in your practice grows, you regain some control over your schedule, but other pressures can arise. But what makes this profession difficult is that it's a service industry. Whether you're in private practice serving demanding clients, or you're in-house serving "clients" within your own organization, you're called upon to address problems or find solutions that your client may or may not like. And lawyers are ALWAYS the one blamed. Even when the client doesn't take their attorney's advice, the attorney still gets blamed.

There are days when I think I cannot do this for another 15 years until I retire. Then there are days when I'm satisfied and content. I enjoy most of my colleagues. But I wouldn't say I'm ever happy per se. My family and my personal life are sources of happiness for me, not work.[/quote]

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