I have often said that I didn’t begin to know myself until I was in my 30s and by then was already a litigator. An unhappy one. I chose to hang on and gut it out, confident that I could overcome my distaste for battle and learn to love litigation. Changing firms only served to cement my sense that I was in the wrong field because no matter how nice the people I worked with were, my feelings about the work did not transform. I marveled at litigators who reveled in the fight and also met many who were struggling like me.
Ultimately, I was able to reinvent myself within the law and find work I enjoyed. There were trade-offs, particularly in the financial compensation department but, by the time I made the switch, I knew I was buying my life back.
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