Interesting quote I found

[Ferrus]

On a website there was a section suggesting that being a lawyer isn't really "hard work":

"Lawyering requires working hard, but it's not hard work. Thinking is hard, but it's not hard work either. I can't define hard work for you, but I know it when I see it. Long hours alone don't define hard work. People who do hard work for a living understand this. You should, too."

Do you agree with this?

[Nighthawk]

Hmmmm ... hard work versus working hard. On some days when I have to fill in for colleagues doing support duty ... it is working hard, but certainly not hard work or stretching my limits. It is just a simple ass whip of patience and long periods on the phone. The same goes for a late evening software deployment where I sit on the phone for hours trying to guide an admin through setting up our software (because we are not allowed to access the machines ourselves). Same thing ... working hard by virtue of having to sit my ass in the same place doing mundane crap ... but hardly hard work. Cleaning my pool, yard work, or moving furniture is working hard for me ... but not hard work. I think I get it.

[Kljoki]

I have no experiential concept of hard work as I have never experienced it :). I'm guessing hard work is when it drains you physically and emotionally.

[coffeezombie]

I imagine that it is initially hard mental work learning to be a lawyer. However, once you learn the job, I imagine that it is not very hard work at all. Manual labor jobs, on the other hand, are hard physical work every single day.