A teaser

A quick teaser of what's to come.  Of course it's easy to write about the gloomy situation.  But I'm not stopping there.

First: Finding my passion. This most clearly manifested itself to me during a recent law review alumni/student member mixer.  We went around our group and discussed where each of us would be working.  Big firm.  Big firm.  Judicial Clerkship.  Big firm.  Nada. Still looking. "That's ok. You just need to find your passion.  Find that, and everything will fall into place.  You'll find the perfect job if you know what you're passionate about." Ok, that's paraphrased.  It was a law review mixer with free alcohol. The whiskey and ginger ale in my hand, and my fancy no-pockets dress, prevented me from pulling out my tape recorder.  But the point remains. Find your passion, and it'll all work out.  So that one gets tackled first.  After all, who doesn't love passion?

Second: At a recent career services event about doc review jobs, this was printed out and handed to each student.   The first step, "Accept that this may be scary and frustrating," is pretty much what my first post was aiming at.  Our situation sucks.  But there it is and we need to deal with it. I think this article is a great idea and may help reassure some of us jobless J.D.'s.  Unfortunately, not every step is as helpful as it might appear.  And I still reckon that following all of these may not end up with an employed Dany in August.  I will go through which ones I've already tried and why they didn't work.  And because I'm not always right, I'll then tackle the rest.

Third: Carpe diem.  I'm looking forward to this one.  This was mentioned at my graduation.  Plus it's in one of my favorite movies. Being afraid of heights (and this blog experience being geared at me finding a job), I think skydiving is out of the picture. Plus I haven't gotten a groupon for that in awhile. But I will find something equally thrilling and sexy for me to try and write about.

Fourth: You.  Ok, I'm not trying you. I'm testing things for you. Tell me what advice you've been told.  Something you tried and it didn't work.  Something you're too socially awkward penguin to try.  Something you're skeptical of. Or just something ridiculous.  Like I said, I need a distraction from bar prep.  I want this to be a great last summer vacation. And it better be my last summer vacation. I need a full-time law job by the end of this, and last I checked we don't get to go to summer theatre camp once we enter the law.