One of the reasons I may quit my job is that I'm totally exhausted at the end of the day. Although the job is not physically or mentally demanding, it saps the energy out of you. If I can say one thing about this job it will be that I was given the chance to work as Marian, with only one (or two) people knowing that I am still legally Mario.
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Each day, I write out a long list of things to do - and then never get around to doing them. It's part of my coping mechanism to deal with the boredom of my job. Today, I was given the new responsibility of indexing family court documents. (I don't bother reading what's inside these docs, as there is nothing I can legally talk about, nothing I want to remember, other than the fact that these documents pass past my eyes.) Like another type of legal documents I've indexed, I look for two fields on/in each document, enter them into the database, and move onto the next document. I am just a small part of the process. Try doing this for 8 hours at a stretch, and you'll know how a job that requires no physical exertion can be exhausting.
With this being said, this work is an essential part of keeping our courts running. The information in these documents must be preserved for "x" years, and warehouses would be bursting open if they had to keep all these documents in physical storage. This is why my firm exists - to make the process of going paperless easier for the organizations that use our services. And I'm glad I've been able to work for them for the past several months.
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Sooner or later, virtually all documentation will be electronic. Then, the big consideration will be keeping the documents secure in electronic storage. Can governments trust a private cloud? What about private businesses? Will the data repositories be safe from hackers? We are entering a new age, and I'm not sure of whether we are prepared for the problems coming our way....
