Confessions of a Trainee Solicitor

Pretty much what it says on the tin! Interests: early careers professional mini-catastrophies, sarcasm, personal development, survival skils

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I told my parents that I was offered a job as a qualified lawyer at my firm. Their response was “thats fine, at least that's one less thing we need to worry about. Anyway, so the weather was really bad this week...”
#proudparents #lawyer #accomplishment #notimpressed

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It’s how funny how nowadays most firms say that they obviously care about your wellbeing yet unless you're on the brink of death from some horrendous disease, you're expected to work like a robot #healthylawyer #wellbeing #workculture

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Why is it that I'll happily negotiate many a grand settlements for clients yet I dread the thought of having to negotiate my own salary 🥶

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I saw this the other day and it is painfully accurate #lawyerlife #impostorsyndrome

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Going back to work after a holiday be like (regardless of how much you love your job) #backtowork #lazy

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#earlybird #nightowl #traineesolicitor #confession
I can now confirm that switching between being an early bird and a night owl on a daily basis results in the following

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Does anyone else feel like 8 hour working days are nearly impossible to achieve? I mean sure I'd love to log off at 5 pm but then how does the rest of my work get itself done? If and when I do manage to finish at 5 pm it makes me feel like I'm on holiday😅😂 #wtfisfreetime #9to5

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@scrumpiez Wonder if it'll ever go away 😅I'll need a hobby or something I can obsess over if it does 😂

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Is anyone else constantly living in the fear that they're taking too long with tasks and at one point they'll just be told to pick up the pace and work more? I've had this from day one and it's not gotten any better since #COVID19 and #wfh...

#impostorsyndrome

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It should’ve been Friday 4 days ago lol

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A few hours ago I listened to a well-being seminar about switching off and the importance of a good work life balance. Yet here I am 4 mins before midnight and I have just finished work. Is anyone finding it near impossible to stop sometimes? #wtfissleep #lawyer #mentalhealth

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I’ve just seen a dodgy job advert and spent 2 hours researching whether it’s contents were flat out illegal or just borderline... just after I got my answer the comments were turned off for the post... 1 thing I gained from law: an obsessionto be right

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I honestly never thought I would find a job that I love this much. #grateful

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When you get good feedback and your Boss says that your idea is fantastic #happyfriday #friyay #igotthis

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How is it that I never heard as much as a flinch from my upstairs neighbours but now in an attempt to battle the coronavirus they suddenly decide to boast country music from their windows for the entire neighbourhood?! Guess earplugs are an investment unless you like their music.

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When you think you’ve been time recording right only to realise that you forgot to add a narrative and are trying to remember what it is that you did 5 weeks ago at 1.32pm on the file... #nailedit #trainee #fml

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When you think you’re finished with the task you’ve been working on the whole afternoon and you find a mistake... you fix it and you think that you’re definitely done now but decide to re-read your work to make sure it’s good to go. Only to find another mistake. And another...