Hey all – I just want to do a general check in with everyone and see how you are doing. I just want make sure everybody’s doing OK. It feels like there is a lot of churn in the world right now, so please take good care of yourselves.
Image: Morning walk.
Thank you for checking in with us @michael. Hope you are doing okay, too!
Side note: I wish my morning walks looked like that! Very peaceful.
@jessabelle Doing pretty well here other than a flare up of some lower back issues. Yoga FTW!
@michael Hanging in there and powering through. Gearing up for the busy final month of the semester. I guess luckily the busyness is keeping me distracted from the chaos out in the world. Working on taking care of myself mentally and physically through this process. Thank you for your empathy and checking in on us!
@kevinm Oh yes..I am 100% in for taking care of mental and physical health. Long dog walks in the morning are most useful for this.
@michael I have cats and don’t think they’d go along with that haha. But point definitely taken. It’s sometimes hard to make yourself take those breaks, but I know how important they are.
@kevinm The cats might have their own ideas! Yes – Billy and Samm force me to take breaks. Been very good these days with a bit of back issues popping up. Take care of your spine! 😀
Thank you for checking in! I have to agree with Kevin: my studies/work has been keeping me very busy. Researching about beekeepers and bee in general has a wonderful feel-good effect. Awesome picture 🙂 Is that the moon in the sky???
@sabine I am glad your research is promoting good feelings. That is the moon! I took that a few weeks ago I think.
Thanks for checking in @michael! I’m still working through the LRM assignment, taking one resource at a time, but managing to get things done. I can’t believe we’re almost at the end of the semester.
@masterkeyper I can’t either. It seems to have flown. Nice to hear your approach to the LRM.
Thanks for checking in @michael! I’m currently experiencing burnout from my job, but — interestingly — the work for my MLIS degree has been giving me the jolt to keep going! I guess there is something to say about one’s work aligning with one’s passion.
@hellodaniel I understand about burnout and I am glad the degree program is providing encouragement. I will share a link to a reading I have in my other class The Hyperlinked Library.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6imyze5vp8pzcv/WholeheartedApproachBurnout_Stephens.pdf?dl=0
Thank you for sharing that reading! I want to share it with my colleagues as a reminder about our core values and passion that brought us to the library to begin with. Have a blessed day!
@kataloging Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
Hi! I am feeling good about the pace I’ve taken with the LRM and it really has helped me understand and think about my sources better. I have lots of major assignments happening all at the same time, but the slight reduction in readings across the board has given a very helpful amount of extra time for project work.
@agroves This is nice to hear. Glad things are manageable. This last section of the class is a little lighter on lectures and readings because we know how busy everyone gets.