It's not the billable hours that cause lawyers stress. Not technically.
Yes, billable requirements are absolutely insane. Yes, they are a primary source of stress in a lawyer's life.
The real issue, however, is underneath the number. It's not the number that's required. It's what that number means to you.
Billables and the associated stress means something different to each person. For one person, billables mean that they've lost control of their lives. For another, billables represent loss of family time. For the next, the problem is that billables represent an overwhelmingly negative view of the future.
To get control of your life, you have to understand the underlying issue. And that underlying issue is individual to each person.
Showing posts with label stress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stress. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
"Burnout plagues immigration judges"
Pamela Starr (www.starrparalegals.com) sent me a link to an article in www.dailyreportonline.com The article addressed the job burnout and secondary traumatic stress affecting immigration judges.
This is the kind of thing that I pay attention to - the traumatic effects of professional life. On a large and small scale this happens to folks all the time. Lawyers, physicians, etc. The public thinks that you have it made. But there are these internal traumas and stressors that make life very difficult. So that hard as*ed lawyers tell me the stories about how they shut the door and cry after listening to painful stories. That's not the image that the public has of the law. Maybe that doesn't need to be the reality that the public knows. But it has to be one that lawyers can talk about somewhere, with someone.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Burnout plagues immigration judges
New study says difficulty of handling asylum cases pushes judges to the edge and may affect their rulings
Immigration judges, who day in and day out listen to horrific personal stories of asylum seekers, suffer from significant job burnout and secondary traumatic stress, which may affect their rulings, according to a recent study.
After analyzing data from 96 immigration judges who participated in the study, researchers from the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute at th....
To read the entire article click here. Please note: This link will remain active for seven days from today's date.
This is the kind of thing that I pay attention to - the traumatic effects of professional life. On a large and small scale this happens to folks all the time. Lawyers, physicians, etc. The public thinks that you have it made. But there are these internal traumas and stressors that make life very difficult. So that hard as*ed lawyers tell me the stories about how they shut the door and cry after listening to painful stories. That's not the image that the public has of the law. Maybe that doesn't need to be the reality that the public knows. But it has to be one that lawyers can talk about somewhere, with someone.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Burnout plagues immigration judges
New study says difficulty of handling asylum cases pushes judges to the edge and may affect their rulings
Immigration judges, who day in and day out listen to horrific personal stories of asylum seekers, suffer from significant job burnout and secondary traumatic stress, which may affect their rulings, according to a recent study.
After analyzing data from 96 immigration judges who participated in the study, researchers from the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute at th....
To read the entire article click here. Please note: This link will remain active for seven days from today's date.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Seeing What Doesn't Exist
Our brains are oriented to see what exists, not to look for what isn’t there.It's easy to look at the argument that has been presented. The process of looking for what isn't being seen is inherently stressful. It's harder to look for the path or the angle that doesn't yet exist. It tires out your brain, even if the excitement of the challenge drives you.
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