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I have been obsessed with Jessica LC's Blog Makeunder My Life recently. You might just want to think of this post as a continuation of my previous post "designing a career with intention." I've been turning to this blog as a way to calm my fears about the future as a graduate from my Master's program. The truth is, I haven't really been sleeping much, but a visit to Makeunder My Life once per day at least gives me some ideas about how to find outlets for stress. I have found it to be a helpful and useful resource.

Things continue to be a bit ambiguous. Yesterday, I went to the Belmar library in Lakewood, CO, where I used to intern in the children's department. The two librarians I used to work with there told me it took them 5 years--5 YEARS--before they made it to the full-time, fully-benefited librarian ranks. You'd think that this would depress me, but it actually had the opposite effect. Sure, it took them a while, but eventually, THEY MADE IT. Now they're children's librarians in one of the busiest libraries in the Denver metro area. Even better, they started out in the system as substitute, on-call librarians, which is what I'm going to start doing after I graduate. Brilliant!

So, even though things are looking bleak for Denver Public Library and other libraries across the country, I'm trying to stay hopeful, at least, about my future in this profession and in general.

One book I have become interested in is Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design by Carrie McCarthy. I discovered the title on Makeunder My Life and, of course, being the librarian that I am, looked for it at my local public library. Surely enough, they have it; I plan to pick it up tomorrow and hopefully devour the entire thing by the end of this week. I love starting a new read! (And I'm a total sucker for a book with a pretty cover...)



Stay tuned and I'll let you know what I learn! ;-)