Catching Up With JAY
Hey there!
Well this has been my longest break by far! Sorry bout that. It's not been for a lack of thought, just lack of time or initiative. Let's see, what's happened since I've last blogged...
Right after I got back from my LA trip I officially left the law firm I was working for. It really was for the best. The stress and anxiety that I was having as a direct result of working there was just not worth it. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED everybody I worked with, but my boss was just impossible. I know there will always be problems with people in authority positions, but this was on beyond acceptable. Not only do I not respect him as a lawyer, boss or manager, but I also have no respect for him as a human being. It came to the point where he literally made my skin crawl just to think of him. Best decision I ever made was walking out of that place. No doubt.
So after that, the first week of November I was unemployed. Never a fun time, but I was also trying to get over a large amount of anger directed at my former employer, which made it even worse. I don't know what I would have done without my family and friends (Robot Girl in particular). I just couldn't have done it without them... then again, there are very few things I COULD do without them :) So basically I spent that first week going out as much as humanly possible and just avoiding reality. By November 6th I had sobered up enough to really job search and sent out about a dozen resumes. That's when things really took off. I had two interviews the following week and two offers followed shortly after that. I had a choice between a bigger firm that had a very similar feel to the firm I just left (high volume, high stress, basically sweat shop law) and a smaller firm. Needless to say I took the later offer and could not be happier. I work with some great people, and in a great office. In fact, I went to law school with one of the other attorneys here! Sup JT!
It's amazing how life just happens around you... just when you think things can't get any worse, a door opens up and a fresh start is offered to you. I honestly thought for awhile that I would never get another job and would be a vagabond forever, but that was just how beaten down I was at the time. I couldn't ever see things getting better... but they did. Things are great!
Well I'll try and post more soon
Well this has been my longest break by far! Sorry bout that. It's not been for a lack of thought, just lack of time or initiative. Let's see, what's happened since I've last blogged...
Right after I got back from my LA trip I officially left the law firm I was working for. It really was for the best. The stress and anxiety that I was having as a direct result of working there was just not worth it. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED everybody I worked with, but my boss was just impossible. I know there will always be problems with people in authority positions, but this was on beyond acceptable. Not only do I not respect him as a lawyer, boss or manager, but I also have no respect for him as a human being. It came to the point where he literally made my skin crawl just to think of him. Best decision I ever made was walking out of that place. No doubt.
So after that, the first week of November I was unemployed. Never a fun time, but I was also trying to get over a large amount of anger directed at my former employer, which made it even worse. I don't know what I would have done without my family and friends (Robot Girl in particular). I just couldn't have done it without them... then again, there are very few things I COULD do without them :) So basically I spent that first week going out as much as humanly possible and just avoiding reality. By November 6th I had sobered up enough to really job search and sent out about a dozen resumes. That's when things really took off. I had two interviews the following week and two offers followed shortly after that. I had a choice between a bigger firm that had a very similar feel to the firm I just left (high volume, high stress, basically sweat shop law) and a smaller firm. Needless to say I took the later offer and could not be happier. I work with some great people, and in a great office. In fact, I went to law school with one of the other attorneys here! Sup JT!
It's amazing how life just happens around you... just when you think things can't get any worse, a door opens up and a fresh start is offered to you. I honestly thought for awhile that I would never get another job and would be a vagabond forever, but that was just how beaten down I was at the time. I couldn't ever see things getting better... but they did. Things are great!
Well I'll try and post more soon
posted by Jay at 12:09 PM
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