It took a long time before I asked for help - page 2
I graduated from Law School ready to take on the world. The first six months of articling were great. I worked hard, got lots done, seemed to be able to do the work.
Suddenly, I began to feel overwhelmed.
This came on without warning. I wondered what I was doing and why I was doing it. I thought about doing the same thing for the rest of my life and I couldn’t imagine that. I began to become tired just thinking about work. It began to become difficult even going to work.
Then, I lost confidence in my ability to do the work. This made it even more difficult to do the work. My principal and the other partners began to wonder what had happened and exhorted me to work harder. They soon lost confidence in me and assumed that I wasn’t cut out to be a lawyer. Needless to say, I wasn’t kept on after articles. This was fine with me because I knew that the kind of work I was doing wasn’t what I wanted to do anyway.
I got a job with the government and that turned out to be a good move for me. There were experienced lawyers around and they were willing to help me learn how to do the work. It was also a collegial and friendly environment and helped fulfill my need to interact with people on a regular basis. I liked working there, I did a good job and the sense of being overwhelmed by life was mostly "disappeared". However, I became restless and didn’t stay there long. I longed to be a “success”, make lots of money, and more importantly make a “name’ for myself.
I didn’t stop to think about what I was doing. I didn’t think about what was important to me or about how I wanted to live my life. I did not know about getting guidance in examining these questions, actually I didn’t even know to ask the questions. continued...
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