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Reminded Why I Retired.

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:59:36 GMT

DD has worked in this law office for 25 years and you always have an exceptionally wild day now and then. It's the nature of the beast.

Yesterday she called about 11am and said, "heads up, I have no idea when I'lll be home tonight." They had something to file by midnight and she just got an attachment to go through and redact stuff. 600 pages. Then the attorney had to go through the 600 pages in case changes were needed, plus other documents to do.

Upshot, she left the office a little before midnight and had an hour drive home. Her butt was dragging when she walked in the door.

I remembered all the h*llish days when I worked in a law office and was reminded I retired early. It was my sanity or work.

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godi — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:13:20 GMT

Bless her heart!

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:14:48 GMT

I hear you, I liked my job in healthcare, but it was stressful. I did retire early, but worked per diem a few years after. One day I realized that I was angry most of the time, at that point I knew it was time to hang it up for good.

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kaydee50 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:23:37 GMT

DH and I are thankful every day that we were able to retire in our mid 50s and now 20 years later still enjoying the freedom.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:28:23 GMT

@QVCkitty1 I understand the being angry all the time along with frustrated and tired.

Doing real estate closings got busy and things would go wrong but being given divorces and custody at a new place was awful

I hated the constant fighting between clients and seeing the kids used a weapons against the other parent.

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Texasmouse — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:28:44 GMT

I'm so envious of those of you who are retired. I've got another year and a half to go and I CAN'T WAIT. The days seem to be going SO slowly now...

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Meowingkitty — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:41:16 GMT

I totally get it. My last job I would cry every Sunday thinking about going back to work on Monday. I was miserable. I hated the drive, the gossip, drama, the micromanaging, the work and the general bs that went on. When they transferred our positions to Atlanta and laid off those who didn't want to move 2,000 miles away I had a smile coming out of that meeting room. I have no desire to find another job ever, unless it's something I can do with animals and just for fun.

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JudyL — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:42:08 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
DD has worked in this law office for 25 years and you always have an exceptionally wild day now and then. It's the nature of the beast.

Yesterday she called about 11am and said, "heads up, I have no idea when I'lll be home tonight." They had something to file by midnight and she just got an attachment to go through and redact stuff. 600 pages. Then the attorney had to go through the 600 pages in case changes were needed, plus other documents to do.

Upshot, she left the office a little before midnight and had an hour drive home. Her butt was dragging when she walked in the door.

I remembered all the h*llish days when I worked in a law office and was reminded I retired early. It was my sanity or work.

I so understand this. Been working in the legal field for over 35 years. Retirement is close, I think. LOL

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:43:19 GMT

@Texasmouse Hang in there. I know it's hard when the end is in sight.

I got a calander and marked off the days. If I could have done cartwheels going to my car when I left that last day I would have.

After a few days I realized my shoulders weren't hunched and tight and I was actually breathing instead of noticing I was holding my breath.

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ALRATIBA — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:51:54 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2

Years ago I worked in a law office .... it was a rather large firm. We had a fully staffed night shift!

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Texasmouse — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:52:25 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
@Texasmouse Hang in there. I know it's hard when the end is in sight.

I got a calander and marked off the days. If I could have done cartwheels going to my car when I left that last day I would have.

After a few days I realized my shoulders weren't hunched and tight and I was actually breathing instead of noticing I was holding my breath.

@CrazyKittyLvr2 that'll definitely be me! 😄

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skatting44 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:33:48 GMT

Yea, remember alot of days that ended up into long evening hrs . Working on my days off .Driving in bad weather and a pile of work when I returned from vacations .

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:58:13 GMT

@ALRATIBA I always worked in small offices. The most was the attorney/owner and 2 associates. No more than 3 or 4 secretaries.

The only night shift was when I stayed late. lol

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FrostyBabe1 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:13:09 GMT

Meh. I worked a lot of 80-90 hour weeks that often resulted in me driving 120 miles home from DTW because the last flight of the day canceled. Just part of the job. Nothing to get excited about.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:15:57 GMT

@skatting44 I never, ever took more than 2 days off for vacation. I would take a Thurs. and Fri.to get a long weekend.

Taking a full week off meant going back was horrific. I would have a stack of messages and everyone pulling me in 10 directions. I wasn't worth the aggrevation.

I cancelled days off and went in weekends so folks could get their closings done.

I remember one couple didn't want to take any time of work for a closing and wanted to go to my boss's house in the evening for a closing. That was a big,fat no.

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:18:47 GMT

@Texasmouse wrote:
I'm so envious of those of you who are retired. I've got another year and a half to go and I CAN'T WAIT. The days seem to be going SO slowly now...

@Texasmouse , Hang in there, you will love it. Sadly , now I find the time goes too fast .

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50Mickey — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:59:01 GMT

@FrostyBabe1 90 hours per week nothing to get excited about?? If this was over 5 days my math says this is 18 hour days with just 6 hours a day left. And then you often drove 120 miles home? When did you sleep, eat and do everything else that living requires?

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kaydee50 — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:18:27 GMT

@ALRATIBA Yes, I worked in a large Wall Street law firm. They had an evening shift. If I wanted to volunteer for overtime I could do so and get a taxi home. Could and did make a substantial amount of money that way--LOL!!!

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granddi — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:27:05 GMT

We owned a business that required critical decisions, supervising staff of 10, long days, government regulations and uncertainties that go with being self employed.

After retirement, the decompression was short lived. I think I actually got energy from all that goes with a fast paced life.

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Porcelain — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:35:32 GMT

I used to kind of enjoy working late into the night. Maybe because it didn't happen that often.

Ordering in from the takeout menus with the team. Driving a giant box of documents to the airport because the post office was long closed. Having to wave my arms around because after a certain point the lights started to turn themselves off in the building via motion sensors. I usually got to take a half day off the next day, or later in the week, since I wasn't hourly and didn't get any overtime. My coworkers and I bonded during those times because we could relax a bit more and be more ourselves. It was like no one was watching.

I'm sure this is just rose colored hindsight!