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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, may think you are a 'failure' career-wise. Let me tell you, I would love to be in your shoes. You really have the best of both worlds. Keep the PT job you love.  Enjoy your time with your kid, become involved in the school, do activities together. Don't worry about having a fufulling career, have a fulfilling LIFE!  [/quote]

This is good advice. OP, if you weren't worried about "wasting your potential" if you'd had the family you envisioned, why should that be any different now that you will have only one child? If you really want to do something intellectual, find a great volunteer opportunity. If you want it to be in the legal field, consider a legal aid group -- even without a license (I think you said you didn't take the bar) you could do intake/paralegal work that would be very meaningful. You could really make a difference in people's lives. A lot of full-time paid careers don't make such a difference. I work 45 hours a week as a government lawyer and I love my job, but I don't kid myself that I'm improving lives here. I'm not. I enjoy it on an intellectual level and the position exists and someone's gonna fill it, so it might as well be me. In terms of making a mark on the world, my pro bono work has had far more of an impact on individual lives than anything I will ever do in my regular capacity. Since you don't have to worry about the money, why not give something like that a try?[/quote]

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