Are You Over It? An Open Letter to the Successful But Unhappy Lawyer

Where do you go when you have everything and nothing at the same time? Dear Successful But Unhappy Lawyer,

First, it’s an honor to be writing to you. Whether you believe it or not, you’re a big deal, and I’m not just blowin’ smoke.   You are a leader. In school, you were always the head of any group project, course, or organization because you care about people.  You wanted to help and make things better.

Your desire to help carries over into your life as a legal professional too.  Your dream is to be a legal superhero. This means slaying your client’s dragons, making it rain in your firm, and hobnobbing with the best and brightest.  This may sound pretentious, but that’s not the case at all. You are humble, curious, and likable, and those traits tend to attract the best things in life.

The problem is that you’re not exactly sure that you want to be a lawyer anymore.

In college, you were good at pretty much everything.  You did the work, read the assignments, turned in the papers, and got…