Should I drop out? I should probably drop out. (Kind of long)

First, this JD isn't free—you're paying for it by foregoing the opportunity to do something you actually enjoy and which might generate current income or position you to earn a living in the future.

 

I cannot urge you enough to get out now and find something that will make you happy. I had wanted to be a lawyer from the time that I was a kid—long before I really knew what lawyers do—but life took me down a different path. I spent six years doing something that made me absolutely miserable. I didn't see the point in what I was doing, was fairly mediocre at it, and disliked a lot of the people I worked with. People joke about struggling to get out of bed every day because they hate their job, or wanting to drive into a tree on their way to work, but that was literally how I felt. Every day. For six years. I stuck with what I was doing for so long for a number of reasons: I didn't want to be a "quitter." I thought that maybe this was just what life was like, and that I wouldn't be any better off doing something else. My parents also put a lot of pressure on me to stay where I was, despite knowing how miserable I was.

 

Then I decided to apply to law school—the only program I was interested in—and see what happened. I got in, and I've loved every minute of it so far. It was like things finally clicked for me, and everything in my life became sunnier. I obviously haven't worked as an attorney, but my experiences with law firms and "lawyer work" have so far been everything I'd hoped for, too. I won't pretend that law school isn't sometimes a shit sandwich, and I won't deny that it's made me cry once or twice sometimes often, but I've finally found something that I love doing, and I'm all the more grateful for everything because of the years I spent doing the wrong thing.

 

Everyone deserves to be (at least) not miserable in what they choose to do with their life. Don't let your parents stop you from figuring out what you're supposed to be doing.

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