The past week has found me busily adapting to the realities of being a practicing attorney (that's a mixed bag, I'll admit), and blowing through the money I inherited from my dad at an alarming pace. I'm typing this post from my brand spanking new laptop, for instance. And earlier this evening, I spent some quality time with my also quite new PS3. These things make me very happy.
Aside from the material advantages that employment (and inherited money) has given me, well, the job is a job. The euphoria of actually being employed is beginning to wear off a bit, as the actual scope of my future work life becomes clearer to me. The thing is that I've ended up in an area of the law that I never envisioned being in. And, quite frankly, it's an area that I don't see holding my interest over the long term. I'm not complaining--I really am happy to be doing it--for now. But, I certainly don't see myself making a career out of it. (Well, maybe... but only if I can leverage my current experience into a cushy government sector job). I just don't see what I'm doing, or where I'm doing it, as a place that I'd be comfortable settling in at for a long time. And, between you and me, settling in somewhere sounds pretty good at this point. So, I guess what I'm saying is that my life, improved though it may be, remains in transition. How long this transitional period will last, I cannot say. But--while I will be working to do my best while I'm here--I'll still be looking forward to the next place I'll be, and hopefully, that one will be one where I'm ready to stop moving for a while.
