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Sunday Reflections: My NaNoWriMo Month
It’s official: I just validated my word count and am now a 2015 NaNoWriMo winner. And you know what? It was hard. Especially this time of year, when the holidays are ramping up and my kids were getting sick and my work schedule got all wonky. But I did it. And after validating my novel, I realized […]
Sunday Reflections: Flex time
It’s Sunday and my family is at my nephew’s first birthday party without me. I’m at work. When the library closes and my family goes home full of cake and baby snuggles, I’m going to the coffee shop down the street, where three or four teens will be waiting for me. I’ll treat them to […]
The Myth of Not Enough
The other day, a librarian I really respect was musing on Twitter that she wasn’t doing enough for the profession. I was so surprised to hear that because I always think of her as super active and doing really great things for her community. When do you know that you’re doing enough? Are we ever […]
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Sunday Reflections: How to Balance the Divergence in Us All
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What They Didn’t Teach Me in Library School: How to Find My Balance
Librarianship is one of those professions is more of a calling than a job. Requiring at least a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, countless continuing education credits, thousands of hours of reading on personal time to familiarize yourself not only with your collection but also with new materials, and keeping up with latest trends in […]
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