Work Stories

Is this you?

In an effort to further the refinement of office furniture and working environments, CORE is collecting feedback from our readers on their typical work days. If you would like to contribute, fill out the form and see your story unfold for thousands of readers!

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My workday is:


repetitive - boring - chaotic - unmerciful - misguided - hell -

Lets see, this year it's Microbiology for a food distributor with an USDA Meat Cutting Plant. I threw up the first day from the blood smell. Did I mention I am Vegan? After 2 weeks the job became repetitive - unbelievably so. The last Job was an analyst numbers cruncher QA for a Medical Marketing Firm. Talk about backstabbing jerks - hated it. Before that was ... lawn maintenance - too hard, nurseryman - low pay, voice-over talent-no work, development scientist - they didn't like gays, quality control super - layed off, product development / chemistry manufacturing - company folded, University Researcher - really interesting but the pay was below starvation. I was interested in dusting off my right brain and reviving my artistic side - maybe ID but I think management training would pay much better. Hey, none of my managers ever knew what it was that we did but they always got paid 10 times what we made!
Peter - age 38
Microbiology - San Diego


hectic - challenging - chaotic - educational - fun-filled -

I have spent 12+ years driving a school bus. I am trained as a bookkeeper, and have had jobs as a cook and cashier, but have gone back to driving because of the rewards of working with children. The challenge can be a little overwhelming on occasion, especially dealing with parents and school administration. But most school bus drivers could fill a book with humorous and unusual experiences.
Pat Thomeczek - age 51
school bus driver - Robertsville, MO


hectic - creative - boring - challenging - educational -

I don't know, it's just that sometimes i'm so challenged and there are also times when I feel so down-hearted by some results of my works. It's just that, it's really hard to please everyone, when you have given all your best and expected for some nice response. You don't seem to get what you have expected.
malou - age 22
i manage the library - manila/philippines


hectic - creative - boring - challenging - educational -


silly -

Beacus i like to act weird, and krazie. why you got a problem?
Sara - age 16
flirt, go to high school, and babysit - at home, in the city


hectic - creative - challenging - organized - educational - fun-filled -

The constant challange of design is never ending, each project has a new interesting twist, the learning curve of design is limitless. Our work experiences here and within Africa are incredibly diverse.
Leigh Ann - age 35
Interior Design - south africa


creative - experimental - social - repetitive - care-free - twisted -

To work for this company, you gotta be under the influence of some mind-altering drug. I think a lot of our designs are based on a dare. It's either that or the chief just takes all the work, closes his office door, throws it all into the air and picks the one which lands closest to him. The research is great, you can make up stuff as you go and nobody questions it! Just kidding...Ha!
Steven - age 25
Design Research - Michigan


hectic - social - challenging - dangerous - chaotic - unmerciful - misguided - hell - twisted -

working with satan, stinky and little hitler, all who are family. satan has a temper and is insane. stinky well she just plain stinks and is so helpless you have to help her decide what she is gonna eat for lunch, go get it. wash her dishes. and hitler well she rules the place, dont piss her off. tony and bryan are the backbone, hard working moving crew. phyllis and melanie are always left to put up with endless torture from satan and stinky.
melanie - age old enough
assistant to bookeeper - turner keyboards


hectic - creative - experimental - social - challenging - happy - educational -

Developing teaching materials is very demanding and force me to strecth out my mind and creativity.
Jansen - age 40
Writing - Teaching - Jakarta - Indonesia


confining - social - repetitive - boring - misguided -

Confining-I work for city government Social-The women office staff, myself included, talk too much and about everything. Sometimes I get really tired of it. Repetitive-There are few challenges in my position, Boring-I am so sick of doing the same things day after day. Misguided-The management sucks big time. The people I work for are so backward. I want a job where people are treated fairly and as equally as possible. One person I work for has been using computers for 10 plus years and is still pc illiterate!! The only good thing is the money.
Pamela - age 29
Admin. Clerk - Seattle area


confining - dusty - chaotic - care-free - misguided - educational -

SEEMS HOW I AM ONLY 20 AND HAVE HAD ONLY A YEAR OF SCHOOLING I WOULD'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FACT THAT I HAVE A JOB DOING CAR DESIGN AFTER ALL THAT IS MY GOAL. I GUESS THE THING IS I CANNOT BE CREATIVE IT SEEMS,MY BOSS HAS SOME WIERD INSECURITY ABOUT BEING RIGHT EVEN THE WAY I SKECTH IS T0TALLY DIFFERENTET AT WORK THAN IT IS AT HOME. IT GETS ME SO FRUSTRATED , MAYBE BECUASE I AM YOUNG. IGO BACK TO SCHOOL IN A FEW MONTHS AND ICAN,T WAIT
WILLIAM - age 20
AUTO DESIGN - MOTOR CITY


confining - dusty - chaotic - care-free - misguided - educational -


confining - dusty - chaotic - care-free - misguided - educational -


hectic - deconstructed - creative - virtual - confining - experimental - social - dusty - repetitive - boring - silly - challenging - happy - dangerous - chaotic - organized - care-free - unmerciful - up-hill - misguided - educational - hell - heaven - fun-filled - twisted - dreamy

Becuase it's fun working on computers.Fun playing games and going on the net.
Tanis - age 10
work on computers - St.Stephen


happy -

Becuase it's fun working on computers.Fun playing games and going on the net.
Tanis - age 10
work on computers - St.Stephen


creative - virtual - challenging - chaotic - dreamy

i love to draw,painting.i found my love during college time, i knew i be came a designer one day.now,my live just like hiking, stress ,relex,stress,relex,i still love my job.all my imaginetion cames out on screem .i can turn around,look at close, make it small i can do every thing i want.is that nice?
jack - age 27
p.engineer -

Message in a bottle... I am the owner of an ID firm and have been managing it for 8 years. It started out of need, grew into an ego busting mind bender. I wouldn't have had it any other way. I have learned a tremendous amount of stuff about design, business and people. It all started with free lance work after I had been fired from the small display company I was working at (they went out of business two weeks later). I was living in the barren wastelands of design (North Carolina) and at the time (1987) you could count the number of firms in the entire state on one hand. So, with the prospects of a 'position' rather slim, I would visit architects and builders and show them my drawings, as I found out they are a good source of work, since they always need sketches of new buildings and interiors. Advertising agencies need people who can draw pictures and design displays. Local business newspapers need editorial illustration. Any way thats how its started. Today our firms work is evenly spread across the board, with 2D and 3D work. Half of our clients are out of state and have been loyal to us since we are loyal to them. I guess thats what I value the most about the firm, the long term relationships. When you work the long hours, your social life quickly wanes and so the professional relationships really count. The spare time is given over to your family, if you want to have and keep one. My family is one reason I am currently considering an 'exit strategy' from the business. I have children now, though I didn't when I started. I still work eight days a week. A solid Monday thru Friday, and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights with the part time students. I 'get' Monday and Friday nights off and every now and I take a day off during the week. I guess I truly love what I do. The best part, lately, has been working with the part time students in the evenings. They are full of energy and glee! We've been working on a few lines of Home Office furniture, which is refreshing. There is one thing I can say 'for myself' about living in the South - that if you can find a balance between the fast pace of business and your own soul, the South will take care of ya'. Word of advise: Stay in school, keep your jobs, read a lot, and go fishing every chance you get!
Joel - age 35
Design - NC

I needed your help everyone if anyone has gone to the University of Washington for Industrial design could you please tell me if it is a good school? I know this is not the subject that every one is talking about here, but I figured if anyone would know it would be you guys who are in the field. Please help Ian.
Ian - age 25
CA


hectic - deconstructed - creative - virtual - confining - challenging - chaotic - unmerciful - up-hill - misguided - hell - twisted -

All I do is work!
Stu - age 29
Design in many forms - New York


creative - experimental - dusty - up-hill -

Working is a challenge for me, mainly the challenge is working to find work. But with people in our field, its hard 2 keep creativity down. The creative mind is constantly < a t > work whether in traffic or < a t > the desk or asleep. Its tough enough 2 work - its even harder 2 stop. For me its like being a addict, and with the cost of the profession it might be cost effective to become junkie - just not as satisfying. Anything out there?
Tristan - age 28
Attemptio live as an industrial designer - San Francisco


hectic - deconstructed - creative - experimental - challenging - dangerous - chaotic - educational - twisted -

I've just graduated with a B.F.A in Industrial Design, but I am doing Multimedia Presentations & Visualizations - primarily of other people's work. It's intense, volitile - constantly changing technology. The kick of it is, I get to "play" with the bleeding edge tools - revved-up Pentiums , 3D Studio MAX, enough peripheral graphics software to fill several computers with. Nobody in this business really knows where it's all going but it sure is exciting. I find the design opportunity in trying to grasp where this is all going and plan on being right there when it happens. The conflict, then, is this. . . is Internet Design truly a valuable application of the traditional Industrial Design skills? Will it be more so in 5 years? Is it all, "do what you like and the money will follow?".
Chris - age 28
Industrial Design, Multimedia, Visualization - Grand Rapids, Mich


creative - virtual - experimental -

Designing interfaces is about design's principles. I can't imagine design without computers.
Ricardo Sosa - age 23
Hypermedia - MEXICO


creative - experimental - challenging - chaotic -

i've been independent for 6 years--an uphill path but very fulfilling. i'm finally to the point of defining my goal which is to combine functional aesthetic design with good engineering principles. i seem to devote a fair percentage of my time cleaning up after other designers & engineers who seem to forget (or never knew in the first place) how products are actually produced... "sure it looks good, but do you realize the injection mold for this thing will cost as much as 700 series bmw? and that for a product run of 10,000 units?!..." being trained as a bioengineer, i do quite a bit of design for the medical device industry. a bit of advice for those who aspire to enter this sector: remember the KISS principle--most physicians are a bit overwhelmed when dealing with technology (they're trained as technicians, not scientists, although they hate to admit this). furthermore, they have some reservations about free-form design--be careful of designs that look as if they will take off and fly around the surgical suite. i also do work in the recreational products field. this can be a lot of fun (need to do a litte field testing--time to go kayaking, skiing, blading,...), but dealing with the "dude companies" has it own range of frustrations, mostly based on a perceived lack of need for applied engineering ("anti-fog testing of the new ski goggle lenses? yeah, we found some snow-boarder up in montana who sweats like a pig--if they don't fog on him, they won't fog on anybody!"). still, i love this field--what other so comprehensively marries artistic creativity with technology?
eric - age 36
product designer/engineer - dexterity design, slc, ut


confining - dusty - repetitive - chaotic - unmerciful - twisted -

difficult to speak, or even work sometimes. deadlines are unforgiving and I have noticed that the easier the ideas come, the worst the deadlines become. sometimes I don't know how I do what I do. but in the evenings, I can go home and paint and forget about everything and it's calm and peaceful. twisted events throughout the day conspire towards madness but painting balances everything out.
Robert - age 43
Graphic Design - Columbus, Ohio


hectic - creative - experimental - challenging - happy - chaotic - organized - up-hill - educational -

PLAYFUL and fun! It's a challenge to produce good design within the limitations of product and audience market needs. Possibilities are exciting. I only wish I had time for all my ideas! I think it's important to create something every day. Express yourself! How about topics like design etiquette, copyright, international consumerism, designing in foreign countries, standardizing and escalating design fees etc?
Judith Gorgone - decorative product design development illustration - Newton, MA USA


creative - experimental - challenging - happy - chaotic - organized - care-free - up-hill - educational - fun-filled -

Working on a variety of products and surfaces is challenging. Always something product designs for both children and adults.It's Challenging to produce good design within the limitations of client, product and target audiences. I like developing ideas from concept to the marketplace. The creative process is awe inspiring, fulfilling, and gives me a great sense of accomplishment. I am gifted to be able to work at something that I gives me a feeling of satisfaction and wonder. Of course there are parts of the job that I don't always like-like being my own office-secretary,saleperson ETC. People aren't always gracious! There is often a lot of disappointment-jobs don't go through-jobs get cancelled-someone elses ideas get chosen over yours....... I think you can't be in a business like this if your too thin skinned or can't take criticism ! SO-HOW ABOUT A NEW SUBJECT? HOW ABOUT SOME INPUT FROM OTHER INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS? What problems do they encounter in different countries?
Judith Gorgone - decorative products design,development,illustration - Newton, MA USA


creative - experimental - social - repetitive - silly - dangerous - misguided - hell - twisted -

more rok less talk
eric - age 26
work alot - nyc


hectic - deconstructed - creative - virtual - experimental - social - challenging - happy - dangerous - chaotic - up-hill - fun-filled - twisted -

you know hat this web stuff is all about. the worst thing is getting lost in frames not knowing ho to come out. the solution is the 10000 restart per day.. that's what i mean being a strage workday
maria tomeczek - age 29
art director/web design - d�sseldorf, germany


deconstructed - creative - virtual - experimental - educational -

Sometimes I work, often, I don't. It's nice but also disquieting to have a great deal of spare time. I hate temping, but it pays for extra computer widgets, and delays the day when I will have to return to work full-time. I really enjoy being a teaching asst. It's work, but a heck of a lot of fun. Gives me more confidence in the programs I'm helping people learn. And almost every day I'm at school, whatever I'm doing, I'm learning. That's probably the best part.
Elizabeth - age 31
multimedia TA/temp/lady of leisure - San Francisco


hectic - creative - dangerous - care-free - fun-filled - twisted -

Everyday brings a new challenge.
Erwin - age 26
Project Management - Toronto, Canada

I'm still looking-Bane
Bane Oddbody -


hectic - creative - virtual - experimental - challenging - happy - chaotic - educational - twisted -

work is always a creative journey, sometimes you develop hot ideas
sometimes there duds. I have been working in online comics with some of the industry greats and i'm also the art director for the web site,
being creative is figuring out new exciting ways to use technology to create art, communicate and entertain, it crazee-but fun...

enzo - age 25
art director-online services - new york city


challenging - misguided - dreamy

It's very hard to create an ideas in place who don't
know what are we doing exactly.!!
Abang - age 27
Industrial Designer, National Gobel - Jakarta, Indonesia


hectic - deconstructed - creative - experimental - challenging - dangerous - care-free - fun-filled -

At Dupont, Cyclotron support is the place to be. Working there allows total and uninhibited freedom of creativity.
Constantly striving for improvement is the name of the game when it comes to working in radiation fields.
Besides the maintenance of the cyclotrons, i am allowed freedom to design, build, and test new ideas. Pay is not so great,
but making my own hours is. When you can do anythin, thats when you find out how good or bad you really are.
Bill - age 26
Cyclotron Technician - Lowell,MA


confining - experimental - dusty - challenging - happy -

Battle traffic for 45min.
Attempt to interpret ideas, develope ideas, produce results.
Battle traffic for another 45 min.
Search for an alternative to battling traffic for 45min.
Develope my OWN ideas.
Dream.

Horton - age 29
Industrial Design - Montreal


creative - experimental - educational -

No work day, only play day! Working is playing when I
learn and do something new. Trying new methods...where the
computer is my laboratory and design is my method. Studying
design is the ultimate science. To pay the bills, I help
faculty design and develop instructional software here at
CSULB. Through interface design and usability testing, I am
learning how people learn...and essentially, how people play.
Shari - age 25
I.D. student & multimedia designerWork - Long Beach, CA


care-free - educational - fun-filled -

When not in school I occasionally have the opportunity
to work for a small industrial design firm. The work is not
glamorous and is often teedious, but never-the-less it is work,
it is experience, and it is what I love to do. There is nothing
more satisfying! I look forward to the opportunities to work,
and although I may sound like a naive student, design is an
expression of humanity, of all that we can do, and of who we are.
It is a great challenge to communicate that, and a great
responsibility of every designer. We must constantly improve on
what we think our best might be.
Mike - age 27
Industrial Design Student - London, Ontario


challenging -

H 2 O That`s the material I work with. And what`s in it? Just try to do it clear. There is plenty of water in Finland. But the pollution is coming with industry. You should also drink that water.
jukka - age 43
Water-treatment - Finland


hectic - challenging - care-free -

Had the suit jobs..Made good money.Just wasn't happy.
Went back to the road.Don't get me wrong,I don't cut
anyone off or tailgate.I'm courteous.the last of a
dying breed.when i see a kid gesture to blow the air horns
or a pretty set of legs come by or see that georgeous
mountain over that next hill.Or better yet come over an
icy hill with 80,000 lbs.I know I'm doing what some
other people just dream about!I'm not knockin'your job
I'm just proud of mine!!!
Joe - age 45
Drivethe Big Rigs - N.J.


creative - dangerous - chaotic - dreamy

i'm not working.
eric - age 26
< a t > cafe

Hey guys, it's time to update this chat! How about a new topic? This is getting stale,
ya lazy slugs!
mckay -


deconstructed - creative - experimental - challenging - happy - chaotic - educational - hell - heaven - fun-filled - dreamy

My work day is very variable. My favorite work week is a combination of meeting with a client at their office, and then going back home and thinking up lots of ideas and coming back to them with sketches and models, and having them tell me its all wonderful. (Unfortunately it doesn't always work this way.) What I like bout this way of working is the combination of human contact and solitude. On days when I am not doing "real work"I am doing work for the graphic design class I am taking. Lately I've been doing most of this on the computer. It's both frustrating and
a lot of fun, though I find I work best when I don't get too locked into the computer- When I cut and paste and fool around and don't get locked into a computer mindset. I do my best work when I think I'm goofing off. Usually something good comes of it. I used to work for a large corporation, and my work day was much more structured, and with many more constaints. You could be creative, but within a narrower space. (though this doesn not apply to all corporate jobs)
Marian - age 33
Designer - Highland, NY


creative - virtual - confining - experimental - social - challenging - happy - organized - care-free - educational -

I live in residence at Carleton University in Ottawa, ON, Canada, where it is almost impossible to get any work done, let alone go to bed before 3:30am every morning! It is a very interesting program though, which I am glad I am taking. I just hope I can pass all my courses so I can come back next year. I have a hard time sometimes being creative. I was wondering, if any Industrial Designers read this, could you please e-mail me and let me know what it is like working, and what is involved? In other words, what does it take?
Rob - age 20
Industrial Design Student - Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada


hectic - creative - experimental - repetitive - challenging - happy - organized - educational - fun-filled - twisted - dreamy

My job dealing with automotive parts is repetitive
and boring. My school ciriculum is fun, challenging,
creative, experimental and everything in between.
Daniel - age 24
Computer Graphics Major - Pratt Institute CGIM dept-B'klyn,NY


deconstructed - creative - dusty - silly - challenging - up-hill -

magnificently, my workday doesnt start till 10, which gives me time to saunter to work. drink coffee on the way.
basically, it is a long dialogue with the boss, which cover all topics from the work at hand, product design,
to just about everything else. which is good, if you want to be creative. However, it is pretty disjointed. the
answers to problems almost never appear though actual logic. more likely, you stub your toe on it in the dark,
and while you are howling about it, someone else points out that it was what you were looking
for in the first place. It is a great thing to do for a job, because I have to do just about everything I know how
to do as a human. Theres no way to get repetitive stress disorder. The sucky part is numbskull
clients who don't know good design when they see it, and prefer slick chiclets.
mckay - age 29
product designermagnificently, my workday - nyc


hectic - deconstructed - confining - repetitive - boring - chaotic - unmerciful - up-hill - misguided - educational - hell -

I get up in the morning and go to school. I sit through seven hours of classes and then I go home. When I get
home I'm too tired for anything but television. Two hours later I eat then I do homework and go to bed. I am a very
creative person, but I don't have the time or the energy to express it. On the weekends I play with my Video
Toaster and draw and read, but I can only do a little of that because I have homework over the weeekend that has
to be done. There is no time to live. Sometimes I even have to stay up late to do homework becayse I'm doing something
creative. Every Monday I work at a radio station. But there just isn't enough time. Why not? Everyone else has time.
I just don't have enough time!

Ched - age 16
A High School Student (11th) - Virginia


virtual - repetitive - challenging - happy - chaotic - twisted -

My day isn't all that bad actually.
eric - age 25
Nothing - Brooklyn


hectic - creative - experimental - social - challenging - chaotic - educational - hell - heaven -

... if there was anything that required a rennaissance grasp of
the poor state of the world around us, it would come real close to webmastering.

- at a fairly large company.

- at a world leading systems integration firm.

with all the little marketing
education that needs to be done, with all the nagging html-greenies
scrambling to find somewhat of a niche in this tsunami, with the complexity
of trying to maintain a decent internal site at the same time pouring
endlessly into developing a better public site... its no wonder i go home
to stare at the walls and abuse my roomate's cats.

its the design that keeps me. page layout. typography. server push. java.

color.

...but hey, i knew the job was dangerous when i took it.

and i wouldn't change it, not now.

sgd
Scott - age 23
webmeister - Orlando Florida

I like to bitch that my life is so deconstructed in terms of WORK, that is, I find it difficult to keep it together. But I like being a teacher, a designer, a writer, a philosopher and an artist. I am lucky enough to be able to d all this stuff, so why not do it. Finding space, time and equipment & partners for all the ideas is the most difficult part. Why do I have to go to different places to view computer images, mock-ups and meet with students. The deconstruction drives me nuts, not the work.
Bruce - age 51
Designer - Westport, CT

woke up/ got out of bed/ dragged a comb across my head found my way downstairs/ and had a cup/ and looking up I noticed I was late / grabbed my coat/ and grabbed my hat made the bus in seconds flat found my way upstairs/ and had a smoke/ and somebody spoke and I went into a dream....
John -
Songwriter - New York

A friend of mine, John Savage had a pile of old cardboard boxes stacked next to his desk. They once contained cans of Maxwell House coffee, their sides screamed REGULAR GRIND. It took me quite a few visits to John's space in the cellar we shared under the insurance agency to get IT. John took on the persona of RUFUS once a month as he struggled with his Mr. FIXIT column for Popular Mechanics, producing great burst of laughter as he reached blindly into the box of letters to select the next inquiry. it fascinated me that John always seemed to know the answer to the questions no matter how obscure the subject matter from drains to dog runs from siding to sidewalks he invariably could answer the question. I inquired one day " John, how do you know all those answers?" He answered simply and elegantly " I never answer a question I don't know the answer to" OK, its taken quite a few years to figure that one out. The basement brings back memories of a time of struggle but somehow it wasn't all that hard.
rufus - age 45
Engineer -

I work for myself because I want to be able to nap in the afternoons but I can't even nap anymore. The days go by too quickly. Telephone, computer, fax, model-making, meetings, idea developing, proposal writing: hectic, eclectic and not always complimentary activities. But this is work. Things seem to fall into place by mid-afternoon. I make my tea, the sun comes in or it starts to rain, the music (jazz) plays and things start to add up. I feel happy when I do kindergarten stuff: glue paper, push plastiline around, make drawings. I never went to kindergarten, I guess that's why I am fixated.
Gul - age 31
Prodct Designer -

My life and work are identical. I draw I paint and live, just more of one and less of the other back and forth. If I do something I like in the evening I may draw it in the morning. I may draw it and then it may lead me draw something I did a few years before to remember a person that fits in there somehow. The two figures from now and the figure from two years ago may come together and become painting the next day. That painting may encourage me to go visit somebody that the painting reminds me of and come back and put that person in the painting. I may revise the story having learned something about those people but it always weaves back and forth.
George - age 65
Painter, photographer

Before I begin a day of work at home, I always clean and organize my work space and surrounding area. I also make sure that my favorite objects are not cluttered by other things. I like to be able to look around and see my favorite things. A strong cup of coffee is always a great start too!
Rob - age 21
Student - New York

THE GRIND, NO NOT MTV, WORKING! It's morning the alarm goes off. BLAH BLAH I'm on the subway and it's crowded. The people look like the living dead. My suit is getting wrinkled and it probably smells because it's raining outside. There is nothing like mind numbing work to make you look forward to the weekends. 5:00 PM. It's still raining I run the subway and everybody looks like......
John - age 20
Student - New York

I need stuff around me in order to work- I pin things to the wall- drawings i've done but mostly images ripped out of magazines- I often start with making a collage from magazine photos that relates tot he project. I need physical materials also- chipboard, rubber, wood, screws, plastic, metal tubes, etc.. And glue- hot glue/ super glue are favorites because they are quick. Often I'll have no idea what to do on a project, so I just start throwing things together. i often need a gun to my head to start, so everything has to be easy and visible.
Stephan - age 23
Student - Hoboken

Wake up. go eat. buy materials and I arrive in my room- turn on some fast tempo (allegro presto) music- for some reason I cannot work during day light- so i clean my room watch TV*- and during my interaction with the TV, I realize that I'm wasting time, I sit down to wok (on the floor), put TV to 'mute', turn on music (presto) do 1/4 of my work- go down to vendor machine- visit friends (about 12:00 am)- begin 'serious' working (no music- TV on) go to bed at 5:00 am. *(TV: DISCOVERY CHANNEL) ( i like poison dart frogs)
Efe - age 22
student - nyc

I am a lawyer at an institution with a development orientation. Lawyer's work is often creative and sometimes even noble; more often then not, however, it is humdrum and mundane. Thus, I spend a lot of time shuffling papers, frequently of little consequence, and polishing drafting, sometimes to little useful end. With its ups and downs, I find that this work in effect, mirrors life.
Joe - age 48
Lawyer - Washington, DC