I feel like a failure. I knew big law consisted of long days, hours, and weekends, but I thought as a first year, it would take awhile for that to happen. I am constantly working with no room to breathe. I can’t even visit family that I only see 1-2 times a year without getting emails to do work. My relationship is suffering, my mental health… and I’m only 1.5 months in. How do people do this? I want to stay for 2 years, at least one before leaving but every week gets worse and I contemplate quitting every day.
Has anyone ever quit this quickly? What did you do after?
Will this pass or does it only get worse from here? Encouragement only, I feel awful enough.