Perhaps I'm just one of those people who can't be told what to do. I feel so restless at work lately. I dread having to come into the office every morning and the end of the day just doesn't approach fast enough. I am exhausted most of the time and miserable the rest. This job is turning out to be exactly what I had hoped would never happen.

At the begining of the year, I was so thrilled about moving to a new team, thinking that a change of folks might do the trick. Now about to change firms and am starting to wonder if going to all these interviews and finding another lawyer-ing job is really the answer. It might be something I'm half good at but its not something I'm passionate about anymore.

I feel stuck but feel that leaving this industry is not an option. I'm already fighting with people for my personal life, I don't want to have to fight for my professional life either. How is it that some people land the perfect jobs to suit their lifestyles/passions/ needs while others simply make do, try and earn what they can and sit quietly with their misery.

So, I have quit my job.

I finally plucked up the guts to make up my mind that this is not how I want to spend my life. I do not think it is normal to work till past midnight every night and then to be in the office before nine the next morning. I did not think that it was normal to think that such a lifestyle is normal. After only 3 months of being with this team, I am exhausted and burining out fast. And despite the dismal state of the economy, I decided to brave my chances and see what else is out there.

Wish me luck! I'm probably going to need it once the panic sets in that I will be jobless in three months time and I start to wonder if I've just made the stupidiest mistake of my life, quitting the Firm and the job that was once my dream.