Inspiration about the definition of success as defined by Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka
Category: Inspiration
Playlist for ALA Midwinter Chicago
Chicago themed playlist in honor of ALA Midwinter 2015
Keep Moving Forward
Like Coco
Now, I don’t wear heels. I never got the hang of them and could never catch my balance. Then, when I found That Guy, it didn’t matter as he’s shorter than me so tennis shoes and flats are wonderful. But there’s a certain logic to this. If you’ve ever read the history of Coco, […]
Changes
There are some exciting changes happening at my workplace. I can’t go into how it affects me because not everyone knows yet- there were meetings upon meetings yesterday and still not everyone knows. I think I was at my branch for a total of two hours out of an eight hour work day, partially […]
The Ship Moved
At times I am constantly filled with voices of doubts and anxiety. I just can’t shake them- I’ve done something wrong, I’ve done the stupidest thing, I have made the worst mistake in the world and everything will come crashing down because of it. I can’t shake that feeling and it rides me the rest […]
Alive
When people meet me they can get one of two sides of me- the quiet side that’s a bit reserved, or the public face which is “Hi, how are you, it’s so good to see you!” If you put me in a personality scale, I end up on the INFJ side, which means I’m perfect […]
Try Again Tomorrow
Youth and teen services personnel are some of the hardest-working people I know. We go into this profession knowing that we’re going to be working for relatively low pay with regards to our education, and unfortunately extremely low recognition among our peers in other avenues. With the stereotype of being THE pink “collar” of a […]
Closer To Where You Want To Be
We get comfortable in life. It starts out that everything is awesome. Work is wonderful, home life is wonderful, house/apartment is wonderful, everything is awesome. Then a few years pass, and everything is great. Work is great, but wonderful but great. Or home life is great. Could be wonderful, but it’s great. Then, everything […]
Let Whatever You Do Today Be Enough
There are some days when, no matter what I do, it never seems to be enough. I end up disappointing tweens and teens (and that seems like all the time as they are a notoriously fickle bunch), or I can’t juggle everything that needs to be done in a day, or I can’t seem to […]