My Emotional Soundtrack: What Keeps Me Sane
So the other day I talked about things that I just couldn’t go back to, even if I wanted to (if you missed it, go here). Today, I thought that I’d share things that give me comfort. It’s a rocky place out there, and while I consider myself a stable person, there are things that can rock you to your core- things that happen with your teens/tween, within your professional life, within your personal life, or within the world in general. We, as teen advocates, should be embodying and modeling ways that are at least generally healthy ways to cope with whatever life throws at us, because you never know who’s watching. We can (and do) break down in private, but we can’t exactly go screaming through the stacks to let off steam, as much as we would like to. Someone, unfortunately, is bound to notice, whether it’s our teens, our patrons, or our boss.
So, I thought I’d share what keeps me as sane as I can be [which I’ve been told is up for doubt some days 🙂 ], and please share yours in the comments below. I think we’d all like to learn different ways to keep on keepin’ on.
Filed under: Anne Godberson, Bibliotherapy, Cory Doctorow, David Levithan, Jillian Larkin, John Green, Judy Blume, Kim Harrison, Maureen Johnson, Rachel Cohn, Teen Issues
About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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Elizabeth Fama says
Cooking is a comfort activity for me, especially when it's blended with comfort thing #1, family (i.e. cooking with family). When I'm defeated by something I find curling up in bed watching the 1996 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE to be like emotional medicine.
Elizabeth Fama says
Also OMG stuffed Dalek. WANT.
Christie says
I love cooking, the problem is that my current work schedule means I'm working at least 3 nights a week, and That Guy is working through what he can and cannot eat (Crohn's). Does not bode well for cooking dinner. 🙁 So I watch Top Chef and Next Iron Chef and pretend.. HAHAHAHA.
And you can find stuffed Daleks online (BBCAmerica has a white one currently, or ThinkGeek has red, blue or white), and they TALK… Awesome for comfort or grumpy days. I also have a stuffed TARDIS, and it does the NOISE… (geek moment, pardon me)..
🙂 christie