Corporate Lawyer Diaries - 6 Daily Habits That've Made Me (Way) Happier
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
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So, it's been another crazily busy month for me - BUT, I've been determined (as you may have noticed lol) to build habits into my life that keep me happy, even when I'm working long hours as a trainee corporate lawyer. In this video, I share 6 habits I've been focusing on, which make me smile that bit more both while I'm at work and after work 😀
So yeh, this is a day in the life as a corporate lawyer focused on taking you through the most recent additions to my daily routine. AND VERY IMPORTANTLY - please enjoy the FIT iced coffee montage, and feel free to watch over and over. Thanks xo
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About Me
I'm a trainee lawyer, part-time RUclipsr, son, brother, startup founder, boyfriend, black coffee drinker and plant dad. I graduated from Cambridge University (where I studied French and Spanish), topped my law school class and now work for a corporate law firm in London as a trainee solicitor (which takes up a lot of my time)!
Around that I'm a big fan of discovering new ways of thinking, of balancing work with life, and of performing to the very best of my ability. Ohh, and being happy. And I try to share all that on this RUclips channel 😀
Fun fact: I believe we massively overplay the role of “natural talent” 😮 AND… I also believe that TOGETHER, WE ARE ALL CAPABLE OF POSITIVITY, PRODUCTIVITY AND SUCCESS.
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01:40 - Build micro-passions into your day
02:33 - Take happy micro breaks
05:23 - Get a 'what if not' mentality
07:36 - Plan the night before
09:33 - Relish quiet times
11:18 - Be the happiness you want to see in the world
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Hahaha. Oh god you love this stuff
Love it Liam. My wife and I both work from home. We've been scheduling 15 minutes of cleaning in the middle of every work day - 1) it's a welcome break from screens, and 2) actually makes keeping on top of cleaning and laundry SUPER easy (it's amazing what you can do in 15 mins!). We set a timer and when it goes off, we stop, refreshed and reset!
Never heard of the "what if not" mentality, that's an interesting way of looking at something. I might try it out.
Glad you found something new in this vid - it was a technique I was actually taught by a psychologist I went to see when I was really struggling with feeling overwhelmed 😃
Whenever I feel unmotivated or alone I watch your videos and it gives me a new perspective and drive! Thank you so much. Your hard work is much appreciated.
Big up to you man from bottom of my heart. Seeing your routine, your prescriptive towards work, and balancing your personal life, I'm a big fan of yours. Keep doing the work you do buddy, you inspire a lot of us. Cheers! Take care.
The micro break concept is actually very helpful. When we went out, it was not that difficult to take breaks like these and even 5 minutes would be so refreshing but now with everything online, my motivation and good mood goes up and down like a freaking rollercoaster no predicting what will come next😂 and ngl the dips are a bit hard to come back from. And when that happens youtube study channels like yours and some others come to the rescue. So thank you for sharing these videos and part of your lives with us! 🧡
Also, needless to say, Beth is amazing as always! That chocolate cake looked so goood!!
Hey Liam! You're wonderful too as you say " wonderful people "
U make me motivated to study law subjects
whenever I feel like I'm not being productive at work, I would watch your video for inspiration and motivation! Keep up the good work!
Great series Liam! You are delivering quality video's and they are enjoyable to watch. My reference point is that I am in the same legal profession (but then on the business 'side') in my 3rd year and I believe you are one of the few - if not alone - in this profession and age segment on youtube. What works great for me is to always write everything down (especially during meetings), distribute action points between people and days, and leave no action point behind!
Keep going!
Wonderful ideas that stimulate the mind and help us to live our best life. Thanks for sharing!
Great content as always!
Definitely agree on happiness & positivity rubbing off on people around you.
Thanks for the video, it was very inspirational. I just finished my trainee year, and im now looking forward to improve my daily routine as a professional corporate lawyer in Spain. Regards
yes, very good. I am an old lawyer but still enjoying it 37 years in because of that kind of thing - first of all when you are really into a piece of work there is "flow" which tends to make people happy. Secondly little things like in my case as worked from home since the 90s doing yoga in the garden, pulling a few weeds up, cleaning a room (okay may be that one is not that much fun!)
11:20 they are telling you to relish the quiet time because at the non quiet times they will not ask how you are doing.
Loved it.
Actually, I'm a final undergrad student and an aspiring corporate solicitor myself. I know I shouldnt be doing these things like reading the laws, researching (amongst others) in advance and ive also got your GDL and some of your LPC notes to have a bit of extra resources. That micro and macro tasks and breaks... super awesome content Liam!
Another inspiring video, Liam! Hope you can make more vids on afterwork life and how do you unwind after a day long of work especially on week days nights, and how do you mentally prepare for the next day.
The edit and b roll 👌
Thanks so much John
I always love you thanks for sharing wonderful ideas Liam ;D
Nice video Liam, I really feel I can resonate and apply a lot of this. Particularly interesting thought about the ‘quiet times’, I felt the same as you it can’t look like I’m not doing a lot, but I really should appreciate these times more as they will become much more rare as I progress!!
Thank you so much again Dan :) Yep - I've really struggled with just having a couple of days where I don't have much to do and taking the chance to log off nice and early. So yeh, let's both try and enjoy the down time, as well as thriving in busier periods 😄
Another banger
these videos are so interesting
Thank you Sophie 🤗
Your happiness belongs exclusively to you. People should create their own happiness
I am not surprised that people who work in corporate law need to have some tricks to go through the day.
I would enjoy a video comparing your routine now during lockdown (the things you film) and the usual corporate law environment.
This is a really cool idea - a comparison between the new and the old normals!!
love the video, would love the coffee recipe though
Thx!!
Incredible video !! You’re an inspiration. Where did you buy your book for the to do list ?
Would you ever consider installing a live webcam in your room so we could watch you work? I would really love to see how you implement this routine and advice on a day to day. It's just something I struggle with, and would be super inspiring.
Extremely creepy
@@IamtheCitizen1110 Why?
The quality of these videos oof 🙆🏽♂️🥵 must’ve took ALOT of work 🙆🏽♂️ the editing is impeccable
Haha - a fair bit of work absolutely - but SO worth it for comments like this, so thank you!!
3:05 trying to build in difficulty to make the task stimulating.... It is that very movement that is making one's life boring...trying to make everything stimulating.
Great video as always :)
Thank you so much :)
This guy's clever; a real showman, he's not sad or needs to be "happier" necessarily, for he's selling us product as he goes along which are associated to his daily activities or are they REALLY? Thusly, needs to play up the urgency for us to impulsively buy as he has benefitted from implementing said products to his life. The reality is, is that he leads a charmed life when the camera is off, especially when he gets to snuggle with that specimen of cuddly perfection standing in his kitchen.
So I really dont understand all of this. You talk about how you are happy despite being busy and how you manage that. But that seems to be built on the underlying premise that life and work are pretty much congruent. What about the premise that we work in order to live?
Also, lets keep some things straight. The following things that humans need to stay healthy physically and mentally are well documented in the psychological literature (and streamlined in the self development literature, which you seem to promote as well - the usual for an influencer):
- 8 hours of sleep (although there is variance, this is the mean, not the upper range),
- good nutrition (you seem to achieve that still, but many people in your kind of jobs eat chocolate bars through all-nighters),
- personal relationships and personal projects (you have a girlfriend living with you which fulfills some of this but I cant see how you find time and energy during the week to "take care" of both of these points),
- intense enough physical workouts (you definately dont seem to regularly find the time and energy for that),
- intellectual exploration of different topics (also little time and energy for that - when was the last time you read a book that was not about work or self development)
- a feeling of purpose and personal growth (this is something these kinds of jobs can surely offer)
This is not to judge you or the way you chose to live, but it is important for me to clarify for your followers (because you have many and an influence on them), how far outside the interval of what is considered to make people healthy and happy your life really is. And yes, there is individual variance and you seem to be someone who is fairly happy - but these kind of jobs and environments generally dont support reaching any of the above (with the exception of purpose and growth) mentioned criteria for a healthy (psychologically and physically) life. They just don't.
Take care and good luck to you.
Thank you for your comment. It confirmed my own gut feeling as a trainee corporate lawyer. And yes, I miss all of those checkboxes and I am not happy or satisfied as I used to be when I went to uni and had a glooming social life.
I guess I’m still young and can find a new path in life :)
I really love your videos man, thank you so much for your tips! I am going to start as a trainee in the ECB, and I am sure I will apply a lot of the things that you talked about in your videos
England Cricket Board or the European Central Bank? Both are impressive, one is cooler than the other though!
@@si-5814 The second one, unfortunately 😂😂
That’s awesome Martin! Thank you so much for your support and incredible that you’re about to start at the ECB - congratulations, and do let me know how it’s going!! 😊🤗
@@liam.porritt thanks to you for all the amazing content Liam! Connect on LinkedIn? ☺️
I would be interested to see your journey in about 5 years.
Your videos give me nothing good vibes dude! Keep up the good work
Made my day , never clicked any video so quickly ! Love you liam , people of india want meetup with you
Thank you so so much Ashutosh! Your support means so much and I send love and best wishes to India! 🤗
Question - I don't understand why you use a paper diary when you are also using Trello. Seems like unnecessary duplication. What am I missing?
Loving your videos and tips for busy lawyers (even for me 10 years on - lots of applicable takeaways here).
3:20 to 3:50 was somehow the most awkward portion of video I've ever seen 👀
Were you in Cambridge today ? Did you come in asking about graduation cards haha
I'm set to be admitted as a lawyer in a few weeks and the transition from paralegal to graduate-at-law to (soon to be) lawyer has been quite exciting and challenging, your videos have really helped to improve my self-care and wellbeing :)
2 more years : why I quit my stressful boring corporate lawyer job....
LIKE THE VIDEO LETS PUSH THE ALGORITHM
I am going into my first work experience on Subday in Freshfields’ Dubai office any tips Liam ??
Good luck Chris - and sorry for not replying sooner :) Hope all is going well? Try to be positive, ask interesting, engaged quesions that you genuinely want to know the answer to (rather than just because you think they are 'impressive') :)
Liam Porritt Thanks for the advice Liam !
I always feel sad when watching these videos as it seems such a meaningless existence just working long hours every single day
4:10 taking micro happy breaks.... Hmmmm.... This is really terrible.... It means we are seeking satisfaction in everything... So what we are doing is escaping the fact that we are dissatisfied.... That is where the real issue is that we are dissatisfied.... You could have been anything... You didn't need to be a lawyer.... But really it was a movement of continual dissatisfaction that led you to where you are....disatisfaction and then seeking satisfaction.
You'll never be satisfied until you/we really get to the bottom of our disatisfaction... Because the disatisfaction is the fact.
If you could give one piece of advice to a law student what would it be?
The same piece of advice I think I'd give to any student - while it may feel like the secret is memorising tons of case names (or random information), these bits of knowledge are nothing without the firm backbone of a very solid understanding of principles - why things are the way they are, what the key issues / areas of uncertainty are, how the law fits together to make a coherent whole. Focus on detail, but only once you have an understanding of the bigger picture :)
Screen, screen….on my wall
Who is the fairest of them all
Me! Me! ME! that’s who
Ignore the pain & it will ignore you too
Scrape, slither, & crawl
atoms moving along
1 by 1 they all fall down
whether you wear coat, shirt, or the crown
can’t take it with you, they all fall down
what is left, when no one is around
screen, screen in my palm
what is left when it all goes wrong
atoms atoms please stay here
but there they go and here’s my fear
60hrs lmao pump those numbers up. ib is 80-100
Being straight white and English would make a lot of ppl happy in a world that advantages all of those things
Nothing personal. Just waiting for a more equitable world
I'm right there with you that we need to strive to widen opportunities for non-white, non-straight, non-males :)
@@liam.porritt I'm glad to hear that. Use your privilege to make the world a more just place
Ngl i hate micro breaks , i would much rather work for 3 hours straight and then take an hour off
1:10 you talk of "finding happiness"... You cannot find it.... It doesnt exist as an object outside of you... It is then when the body and mind is in equilibrium.... To seek it is to be out of that equilibrium.... Besides we are not after happiness really... What we are after is security for "the person that we think we are"... And that's why you will work 60 hours a week plus and when you make partner you will also make those below you work 60 hours plus because you/we are insecure and afraid and incapable and telling people/partners and clients to fuck off. Truth be told they too are afraid of their seniors.
How would you handle corrupt Malta government staff member who posed as UK's government Head of Legal Dept in my court hearing on 9th March 2019 at City&Mayor's County Court London to steal my flat 2a york mansion 101 Barkston gardens 215 Earl's court road London SW5 9AF-Property
I love your videos, but your coffee is offensive. 😐
Ngl work from home is awful 😡🤢😭
Sadness and depression never never happens to a Muslim person. Muslim person constantly always happy about life. Therefor in Muslim communities it is rare to hear someone discussing the idea happiness