January 2004 Archives

It's been nine months now since I started my current job, and I continue to have grave doubts. The problem is that I can't tell if the doubts are about the job, the practice area, or law. At the moment, though, my main hunch is that my personality is far more cohesive with the role of a counselor than with the role of a litigator. I would prefer to talk people through difficult matters and emphasize planning rather than to enter upon the scene once the relationship has fallen apart and fight the battle.

If I had paid closer attention, this might have been obvious to me years ago. The real question, of course, is what to do about it now.