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Beauty - you find your work pleasing
Benefit - it is financially rewarding
Good - it creates value for the society
I too am a corporate lawyer. I find goodness in my work since it helps businesses thrive which in turn (albeit to a small extent) helps bring food on the table for many employees of my clients.
I am not saying that you agree to my viewpoint. But try to discover the goodness in your work yourself. Also, nobody knows a grocery shop owner except for those who buy grocery from her. But she too is an integral part of the supply chain.
That's it. I have no advice for you.
.........justice gets done evens if heavens are falling, even if man made judiciary is deaf
Would suggest you to visit some ▮▮▮ nearby ▮▮▮
I am in-house IP lawyer with a very strong focus on IP. I also got this vibe of my work really not meaning anything to the world.
So, I started working with civil society organisations for their IP related matters and also teaching. It bought me some 'thehraav'.
If this comment gets published and you feel like talking to a middle aged fellow, we can find a way to connect.
& remember, you matter to some people - that's what's most important.
Rab raakha.
Instead try to pick up a hobby, where you’re learning a skill, or maybe join a NGO where you can physically assist them and get to see the impact of your work. You’ll have something to look forward to and you’ll also feel you’re making a difference in this world.
But managing the free time to do the above will be a challenge with your law firm job.
All the best!
Lately though, I'm struggling to see the relevance of my work. If I disappear tomorrow, I can't foresee an impact at all. Sure, the firm will take a couple of months to find replacement, but society at large won't notice. (Of course on a personal level, friends and family will care)
Even the so called Tier1s themselves are hardly relevant in lives of people. If you walk up to a woman on the street and tell her you work at Amarchand Mangaldas, she'd assume you compete with Haldirams in selling sweets and samosas.
Sure, your CV might say you adviced Facebook on investment in Reliance. Such a massive deal, it was on front page of every financial daily. In reality you just spent 6 months with 3 hours of sleep per day to make Zuckerberg and Ambani slightly richer. Both of them don't know you exist. Oh and now your WhatsApp will be filled with ads from Jiomart you need to block. You get the gist, this plays out across all the deals reported. It plays out across all the billable work.
Before the litigators start mocking, the irrelevance is true for litigation as well unless you're running around to stop demolitions and executions. The high stakes commercial disputes have no impact. Public might notice Big Bazaar is now called Reliance Bazaar or whatever, they care zilch about how courts upheld SHAs and emergency awards.
So folks, what do/did you do when fail to see your relevance?