The end of TPS reports!!!

Here's my deal - I was a lawyer at large law firms for several years and finally decided to seize my life (and peace of mind) back from the soul-sucking working world that stole it while I was naively trying to do my best work and was not looking. While there were a few people I worked with throughout my time as a lawyer who I truly enjoyed working with and learning from (not to mention the same people with whom I took too many coffee breaks and spent too many happy hours), it's the people who truly suck that I remember when I think back to when I quit. And all of those bullshit memos and meetings. How many memos and conference calls can one person take?!? I haven't gotten into that "good feeling" period yet where I see only the bright side of my experience. I'm still bitter...with a very good memory.

As I have had time to reflect on my experience, my frustration and wrath is spreading to general corporate culture (probably not justified but, right now, everything is a target). Honestly, how many people can say that they enjoy seeing that voicemail light on their phone blinking first thing on a Monday morning? Faking smiles? Making up endless tales for why you didn't return someone's phone call (when everyone knows that the caller either (a) will keep you on the phone forever and, in the case of billable time, complain about the bill later or (b) will yell at you for something that is not your fault)? The result of all of these office shenanigans? Golden handcuffs, my friends. Plain and simple.

So, what the hell am I doing? Well, I thought I'd get some things off my chest. Small and large things. Entertaining things and, sometimes, probably not so much. And hopefully with a sense of humor that I am reclaiming from the dark void my mind has lived in for a while now.

And one final thing: In talking with various people who have also seized their lives back from the working train they got on way too early in life, I've come to realize that something is happening out there to other younger people like me. We're not just not doing what we're "supposed to do" anymore. "Good" jobs...out the window. Large paychecks...no longer enough of a carrot. Essentially, more and more people are saying that there needs to be an end to the Office Space TPS reports. And I am one. How crazy am I? That remains to be determined.