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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quit practicing law at 40ish to get a grad degree in poetry. DH's income was what allowed it financially.

Kind of regret it, tbh. [/quote]

I would like to hear more, both about the grad degree and the regret. Was the program different than what you had expected, or did your needs and desires change?[b] Was the regret about the degree, the lifestyle change, or other opportunities not taken?[/b][/quote]

Kind of all of it?

The degree, an MFA in creative writing, isn't really worth doing. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Maybe if you could get in at Iowa? Otherwise, no. Definitely not if you are unfunded. The lifestyle change was a good one, for sure. But I often look back and wish I hadn't left practice -- I was a fed, and would have had retirement benefits by now, and would have had a legal career that lasted longer than 10 years. I was a really strong lawyer, and gave it up because it wore me out. I probably should have just stuck it out.

But I'll say this, although I do have regret, it's minimal -- probably a 3/10. So it's all fine. Life usually works out no matter what. [/quote]

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