Hi PS,
I was hoping to take advantage of the anonymity of an online forum to both vent a little and to seek guidance from some of the older people here who know better.
I'm in a bit of a transitional phase in my life, recently engaged, just bought a house, a sort of good paying job with minimum stress....so all in all not too shabby. Heck, i should be the happiest person in the world and i should be settling into that grown up world seamlessly. But recently i cant help this sort of restless STUCK feeling.
I had all these grand ideas as a teen that id be a lawyer and working at an incredible job in a mid-sized law firm, stressed beyond belief but happy because i followed my dreams....making better money (NOT that I will or can ever complain about my decent paying safe paralegal job).
Then life happened, i guess. And up until a year ago, i was content with my lot in life.....then some things have happened at work that made me realize without that law degree i wont be respected in my role as paralegal, at least not at my current firm. I might as well be the attorneys personal file courier.
I kept thinking maybe its time to jump ship on the legal business thing, but i have really worked myself into a corner where the only work skills i have is as a paralegal. I've got a mortgage that doesnt allow me to make a switch to a lower paying job to gain experience, getting a new job appeals to me but is sort of scary...alternatively law school is still a possibility but im too scared to borrow more money on top of my mortgage to go to law school.
I guess my questions for you all are of two different thoughts first: ...if anyone's been in this stuck position, what did you do? What helped you come top that decision? For a lack of a more eloquent way of saying it, if anyone's gotten stuck before how did you unstick yourself?
Alternatively, the second is: How old is too old for law school? [Is that market too saturated?] If not a paralegal what other types of jobs do you think paralegals are suited for?
All advice welcomed and Thank you for reading my autobiography!
I was hoping to take advantage of the anonymity of an online forum to both vent a little and to seek guidance from some of the older people here who know better.
I'm in a bit of a transitional phase in my life, recently engaged, just bought a house, a sort of good paying job with minimum stress....so all in all not too shabby. Heck, i should be the happiest person in the world and i should be settling into that grown up world seamlessly. But recently i cant help this sort of restless STUCK feeling.
I had all these grand ideas as a teen that id be a lawyer and working at an incredible job in a mid-sized law firm, stressed beyond belief but happy because i followed my dreams....making better money (NOT that I will or can ever complain about my decent paying safe paralegal job).
Then life happened, i guess. And up until a year ago, i was content with my lot in life.....then some things have happened at work that made me realize without that law degree i wont be respected in my role as paralegal, at least not at my current firm. I might as well be the attorneys personal file courier.
I kept thinking maybe its time to jump ship on the legal business thing, but i have really worked myself into a corner where the only work skills i have is as a paralegal. I've got a mortgage that doesnt allow me to make a switch to a lower paying job to gain experience, getting a new job appeals to me but is sort of scary...alternatively law school is still a possibility but im too scared to borrow more money on top of my mortgage to go to law school.
I guess my questions for you all are of two different thoughts first: ...if anyone's been in this stuck position, what did you do? What helped you come top that decision? For a lack of a more eloquent way of saying it, if anyone's gotten stuck before how did you unstick yourself?
Alternatively, the second is: How old is too old for law school? [Is that market too saturated?] If not a paralegal what other types of jobs do you think paralegals are suited for?
All advice welcomed and Thank you for reading my autobiography!