I hated being a lawyer and I wanted to like myself and like my job.
I think being somewhat of a workaholic - and it's not healthy by any stretch - but I think you place your self-worth on your career, and as far as I was concerned, my career was crap.
After getting a law degree, I spent five unhappy months as a corporate attorney.
I ended up moving to Dubai and going into finance after college because of family pressure. I was trying to love it, but I just didn't.
I had been a fashion photographer for over ten years, but I'd always been dissatisfied with what I was doing. It was all about selling people, and I got disheartened by the whole industry.
I was a litigation lawyer, working in downtown Toronto. I was successful, yet I was very unfulfilled. I had the sense that I really wasn't living according to my values, and I didn't have the passion or sense of mission I was looking for.
A lot of people would love my career. I'm not satisfied with it.
I feel every profession suffers from a little bit of dissatisfaction from time to time. Even I do feel that way as far as my career is concerned.
