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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happens when you work in biglaw, make a good salary, and truly hate your job? To the point of waking up feeling nauseated? Working all the time and wondering - for what?? But kids, mortgage, tuition, on and on - require that income?

HOW[/quote]

You fell into a trap that was easily anticipated. Too late for you but maybe not for others reading - when you make a huge salary, live as if you make much, much less; this allows you to bank money or pay off educational debt or whatever, but does not entail golden handcuffs.

As for OP, you know the answer. Downshift your lifestyle and stop killing yourself at work. It isn’t easy but they way you are living now isn’t easy, either.

Good luck - you really can do this IF you want to. It helps if your family backs you up and values your physical and mental health more than all the goodies you’ve been buying.[/quote]

I know people who went into biglaw with the plan of getting out after working for a few years and paying off student loans.  The only ones I know who actually did it were those who intentionally lived on the salary they anticipated earning after leaving, usually the salary of a federal attorney.  They never got used to spending all that money, they never incurred fixed financial obligations that required that salary, and so when they moved, their lifestyle didn't change.  If you want to leave, you need to downsize.  Period.  [/quote]

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