meanone

I am contemplating getting an attorney to do some work on a project of mine. I did some research and I realized that it would be WAY TOO expensive to hire an attorney. I wonder…does an attorney really work hard enough to get paid $100/$200+ an hour???  I mean, I sit here at work and work hard for 8 hours straight, but I am not making thousands and thousands of dollars! Is it because they went to school for so long and need to get compensated for it?? Or is it becuase their job is just really hard? I can’t imagine that they work harder than I do, yet they get paid so much more.   I decided against hiring an attorney. After all, if they can follow directions, so can I.