Remember "senioritis?" From high school? It's worse as an adult.

As many of you know, I'll be leaving my job this summer in order to go to law school.
In addition, I will be moving in April.

I'm going batty waiting for both.

Waiting for the move, though, is more tolerable, as it's coming up soon and the actual process of packing, etc., isn't exactly pleasant. While I do feel like I'm in a holding pattern, it's not a bad one by any stretch and it'll be over soon.

But the job....argh...it's driving me nuts planning for things I won't be attending. And it's getting harder and harder to care about the job at all...especially considering what I do isn't exactly life-altering. If the entire trade publishing universe disappeared, the world would continue to turn, and aside from some lost jobs and lost advertising revenue, people in the industries served by trade publications would still go about their business. (It's unnerving being in a planning meeting with a freaking-out publisher, who's asking "how can we impress upon these advertisers that this is vitally important?"* when all you can answer, to yourself, is, "we'll need to lie, I guess.")

I know, I know -- I'm fortunate to have both a good-paying job, and the means to leave it to go to school. Still. Any sanity-saving tips will be appreicated.

(*And, yes, I know most lawyers aren't working on things of vital importance most of the time either. The key for me, three years from now, will be finding a job with a good balance.)

when I was in my early 30s. There were two small requirements left for my degree. I went into my undergrad advisor's office, and announced, "I am NOT taking these two bullshit classes! I am 32 years old, I have the worst case of senioritis you ever saw in your life, and I want to graduate NOW!" He waived them.

get any better as you get older. All that will change is the place in which you work, the problems you confront will be different, and you will probably make more money.

I graduated from law school and was admitted to my first Bar in '74. I had just turned 24. Several years later I picked up a LL.M. along the way. I made some serious money. I hung on until '00, when at the age of 50 I retired because I belatedly realized two basic truisms.

First, to paraphrase Marx, work is the scourge of the drinking class.

Second, there are people that a normal, non-psychotic person should not have to deal with, no matter how much one is paid to do so. One day I realized that most of these difficult people were called "clients", that this would never change, and it was never going to get any better. I did a few back-of-the-envelope calculations, concluded that I could afford to retire, and I did.

Best decision I ever made.

Now. As for sanity-saving tips, do this. Toodle over to Amazon, search for a book called "How to be Idle" - a truly subversive work by a Brit named Hodgkinson that has been out for about a year. Buy it. Read it. Take it to heart. Your focus will change, and you'll see things in a different light.

:hi:

We have a "sundog" here also. :)

that is better than where you are at the moment . That's how it was for me .

You have hit the nail on the head.

I'm in a similar boat - closing my business in May and making other huge life changes around that time as well.

The day-to-day mundane crap between now and then is driving me bananas. I just couldn't care less.

Good luck with your endeavors. :hug:

I have a "long-range planning" meeting today at 2 and I'm not exactly thrilled. (My employer doesn't yet know I'm leaving -- well, maybe they do, but I haven't told them -- but I will give ample notice. Still, using standard job advice -- "you never know what might happen between then and now," I'm sticking it out.)

I'm not sure what advise to give. I guess keep your eyes on the prize. I hope the time passes quickly for you. What law school will you be attending?

AKA the only one within 50 miles of here (and I'm not interested in relocating -- my move is just to another part of the city). Luckily, it's a good regional school with surprisingly generous scholarships this year.