mission accomplished.
This morning I was inspired to revisit my past posts, I am so very thankful I did. Some people and recent events had me starting to believe the notion that I am a generally sad person, looking back on my old posts from 2009 - 2010 remind me that this is not true. The most notable post is Friday, June 26th, 2009: "Success".
A lot has changed since that post and yet a lot has stayed the same. I left my job cleaning toilets to for a part-time position as Head Librarian at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers Library. My librarian job allowed me a great amount of freedom, but also a great amount of responsibility. I thought the best part would be the books, but it turns out what I loved the most were the people. Librarians don't just direct patrons to resources, they are a resource. Many days I spent running between the library and the editing suites, helping patrons having issues with Final Cut Pro 7. I get a certain thrill from that type of stress, when technology has gone wrong and you have to quickly troubleshoot a solution, and also from imparting knowledge on others. As the 11th Doctor says, "I'm being extremely clever up here and there's no one standing around to look." Being a librarian ensures there is always an audience. In this position I also became a friend, people looked to me when they were having a bad day or just needed someone to talk to. I got to impact lives on multiple levels, hopefully for the better.
In April of 2012 a great and terrible thing happened, I finally got the job I had always coveted, one that was left unfilled since my early days at PCA, Lead Instructor of the Youth Media Department. I had to leave the safety of my beautiful library and it was the most difficult thing I ever had to do. The first few months were absolute hell as I struggled to adjust to a full-time position, new hours, new responsibility. But I made it through and now I am standing on the other side and I am glad.
From the very beginning I have loved teaching, but now I have found endless joy in my job and through it, in life. I have come to the conclusion that I don't just love teaching in the context of a classroom, but in all facets of my life. I am a life-long learner and a life-long teacher, both these facts permeate everything I do. I get so excited anytime my boss sends me to a technical conference or a Spark meet-up because I know I will be learning new things and meeting others who are just as passionate as I am about teaching and learning. It's an emotion I cannot contain and do not wish to contain. This passion is part of the reason I returned to this blog, the world is full of so much I want to learn and I long to take others on that journey with me. I want to learn and create and inspire others to do the same.
Yes, some days, even some weeks or months, I do get very sad, but even through my sadness I can find great happiness and joy in life, and quite often in my job. There are precious few people who can say that.
So 2009 me, just imagine, despite how incredibly happy you are now, it gets so much better. You get to do what you love every day, how cool is that?
A lot has changed since that post and yet a lot has stayed the same. I left my job cleaning toilets to for a part-time position as Head Librarian at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers Library. My librarian job allowed me a great amount of freedom, but also a great amount of responsibility. I thought the best part would be the books, but it turns out what I loved the most were the people. Librarians don't just direct patrons to resources, they are a resource. Many days I spent running between the library and the editing suites, helping patrons having issues with Final Cut Pro 7. I get a certain thrill from that type of stress, when technology has gone wrong and you have to quickly troubleshoot a solution, and also from imparting knowledge on others. As the 11th Doctor says, "I'm being extremely clever up here and there's no one standing around to look." Being a librarian ensures there is always an audience. In this position I also became a friend, people looked to me when they were having a bad day or just needed someone to talk to. I got to impact lives on multiple levels, hopefully for the better.
In April of 2012 a great and terrible thing happened, I finally got the job I had always coveted, one that was left unfilled since my early days at PCA, Lead Instructor of the Youth Media Department. I had to leave the safety of my beautiful library and it was the most difficult thing I ever had to do. The first few months were absolute hell as I struggled to adjust to a full-time position, new hours, new responsibility. But I made it through and now I am standing on the other side and I am glad.
From the very beginning I have loved teaching, but now I have found endless joy in my job and through it, in life. I have come to the conclusion that I don't just love teaching in the context of a classroom, but in all facets of my life. I am a life-long learner and a life-long teacher, both these facts permeate everything I do. I get so excited anytime my boss sends me to a technical conference or a Spark meet-up because I know I will be learning new things and meeting others who are just as passionate as I am about teaching and learning. It's an emotion I cannot contain and do not wish to contain. This passion is part of the reason I returned to this blog, the world is full of so much I want to learn and I long to take others on that journey with me. I want to learn and create and inspire others to do the same.
Yes, some days, even some weeks or months, I do get very sad, but even through my sadness I can find great happiness and joy in life, and quite often in my job. There are precious few people who can say that.
So 2009 me, just imagine, despite how incredibly happy you are now, it gets so much better. You get to do what you love every day, how cool is that?
