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Coming to headphones near you on April 17th with a first guest you won't want to miss. Available wherever you get your podcasts. You know what's so funny, Tricia, is my dad was a lawyer. And when I was little, I told him I wanted to be a lawyer and he brought me to his work

and sat me in a chair in the corner and talked on the phone all day. So I would know how painfully

boring it was. And here I am in front of a computer most of the time. You're listening to how to.

I'm Courtney Martin. It's summertime, y'all. It means hot nights and barbecues, maybe some

time in nature or next to a pool if you're lucky. And in theory at least, it's also a time of

kind of reset. You know, work tends to ratchet down a bit. Many of us look forward to a vacation

with our families or friends, maybe a little less grind.

Maybe a little reflection time.

Resets have really been in a zeitgeist lately.

Have you noticed?

I mean, first, obviously there was that whole pandemic pause thing.

Now there's the Gen Z-led pushback on hustle culture that has everyone rethinking work. And a lot of people are talking

about sabbaticals. Sounds great, right? A little time off to reconnect with yourself and your

life goals without the constant ding of slack messages or email nudges. But unless you're a

tenured professor, how the heck do you actually pull it off? Well, our listener

this week had the same question. My name is Tricia. I am 32 years old and I have gravitated

towards the legal field in some capacity or another, but it's kind of been on accident.

Tricia is a paralegal for a busy attorney in a small law firm, and she says a lot of the work

slides downhill and ends up on her desk.

I am at a point in my current position, in my role, where I kind of am ready to resign without

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