It’s no secret that I’m not a baby person! I’m often that one person in the room that pulls back or shies away from holding the coworker’s baby when they come to visit the office after giving birth. When my siblings had their children, I was living afar and only had opportunity to interact in small doses. My friends have often been people with grown/older children, those that haven’t yet had them, OR those that,…
Unexpected changes to plans left me entirely alone with myself yesterday. A cancellation and a postponement left me with a day of no requirements, no appointments, no nothing. Initially, it felt daunting. I had many things I wished to do (blog, read, edit a friend’s novel, cook, sort my clothes, go shopping for a new juicer, backup my computer, do laundry, etc, etc). Yes, the list of things TO DO grew to be long. And…
It is my nature, when embarking on something new or encountering something unknown, to plunge myself into research. I search the web. I look for books on Amazon. I talk to those that are experts or have knowledge of the topic. Perhaps it’s my training in librarianship, or my obsession with learning, or simply how I am hardwired. I need to know the WHY and HOW behind things. Getting informed makes me feel less afraid,…