Three Blog Questions

1) What Surprised you about this experience? That at the beginning of the exercise, I was viewing my work from a managerial standpoint, and at the conclusion, I viewed it as a service that I provide that is motivated by compassion, empathy, integrity, and understanding. 2) What touched you about this experience? Listening to my partner's story, how it impacted her, and how her story was an awakening for her that changed her feelings of accomplishment and worth at her job in a positive way and enabled her to grow. Though my story was completely different, the positive results of my experiences were similar to hers. In the library world, we are not alone... 3)What inspired you about this experience? Learning that it is ok to stop, breathe, and absorb. That we have more time in a day than we think. This inspired me to set higher, more positive goals for myself and my library, and to stop "second guessing" myself or "selling myself short"; to grow as a person and as a librarian.