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Masterful Librarian is Back – With Some Exciting News! Masterful Librarian Podcast
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Hello librarians! I’m finally back – after a much longer than anticipated absence. My apologies for that! Sometimes – maybe most of the time – my life doesn’t go according to my plans!
In my last episode, I promised some exciting news when I returned. So here’s the big reveal. I’ve gone back to work in a library!
Now you may be thinking “What? You said in your first episode you were glad you lost your library job!” And you would be right. I did say that – and at the time it was 100% true.
If you haven’t listened to that episode, called “Why I’m Glad I Lost My Library Job”, you can find it at masterfullibrarian.com/ep1.
But the rest of that story is that over the course of the year of the lockdown, working with my coaching business, I discovered that being at home all the time and only getting to work with people remotely just didn’t do it for me.
Don’t get me wrong – I love coaching and love working with clients on the phone and virtually that way. And I will continue to work with clients. At the same time, I genuinely missed working with a team – in person. I need that sort of interaction and the energy that gets generated when two or more people are actually in the same room collaborating.
So, I sent out some applications a few months ago and the amazing people at the Milwaukee Public Library offered me something I just couldn’t turn down. They offered me the position of the new Public Services Area Manager for Central. Which means, I’m the head of public services at the main library building of the Milwaukee Public Library.
I started back on August 16 and I absolutely love it! I love the library, the role I fill, I love the people I work with. It’s been amazing! It’s a little early to say, but this just might be one of the best jobs I’ve ever had the privilege to hold. It’s great to be here.
That means that at the end of July, I moved – again. Second time in four months. I’ve got to cut down on that! It’s hard.
And, of course, it totally turns my life upside down - it seems for longer each time I have to move. And that brings me to why it took me so long to get back to producing the podcast.
For complete show notes, please go to masterfullibrarian.com/ep27
Hello librarians! I’m finally back – after a much longer than anticipated absence. My apologies for that! Sometimes – maybe most of the time – my life doesn’t go according to my plans!
In my last episode, I promised some exciting news when I returned. So here’s the big reveal. I’ve gone back to work in a library!
Now you may be thinking “What? You said in your first episode you were glad you lost your library job!” And you would be right. I did say that – and at the time it was 100% true.
If you haven’t listened to that episode, called “Why I’m Glad I Lost My Library Job”, you can find it at masterfullibrarian.com/ep1.
But the rest of that story is that over the course of the year of the lockdown, working with my coaching business, I discovered that being at home all the time and only getting to work with people remotely just didn’t do it for me.
Don’t get me wrong – I love coaching and love working with clients on the phone and virtually that way. And I will continue to work with clients. At the same time, I genuinely missed working with a team – in person. I need that sort of interaction and the energy that gets generated when two or more people are actually in the same room collaborating.
So, I sent out some applications a few months ago and the amazing people at the Milwaukee Public Library offered me something I just couldn’t turn down. They offered me the position of the new Public Services Area Manager for Central. Which means, I’m the head of public services at the main library building of the Milwaukee Public Library.
I started back on August 16 and I absolutely love it! I love the library, the role I fill, I love the people I work with. It’s been amazing! It’s a little early to say, but this just might be one of the best jobs I’ve ever had the privilege to hold. It’s great to be here.
That means that at the end of July, I moved – again. Second time in four months. I’ve got to cut down on that! It’s hard.
And, of course, it totally turns my life upside down - it seems for longer each time I have to move. And that brings me to why it took me so long to get back to producing the podcast.
For complete show notes, please go to masterfullibrarian.com/ep27
7 min