So much YES! to this. I had a job that had a great serious title and business cards and sometimes I did professional things, but mostly I felt like a secretary/assistant with a pretty highfalutin' title and just was not spending so much energy doing things I loved and cared about.
And then the hours at that job whittled away. I said I was on furlough because that sounded like something that serious, adult jobs did, but the reality is that my paychecks just kept getting smaller and I suddenly didn't even have the secretarial job to make myself feel good.
I applied for more work and started pitching my web design and coding services every which way and now am very near to doing the latter freelance and full time. It's not what I went to school for, but it's something I'm good at and love and am so very thrilled to say when I introduce myself to new folks :)
It is super thrilling that you have made a niche for yourself at this library and get to flex and use and enjoy your librarian muscles. I love coming across your happy updates on the Twitter, so even if you don't have time to read everything (Who does?!), I hope you'll still drop a line there occasionally while you go on doing AWESOME things.
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Date: 2013-09-28 04:18 pm (UTC)From:And then the hours at that job whittled away. I said I was on furlough because that sounded like something that serious, adult jobs did, but the reality is that my paychecks just kept getting smaller and I suddenly didn't even have the secretarial job to make myself feel good.
I applied for more work and started pitching my web design and coding services every which way and now am very near to doing the latter freelance and full time. It's not what I went to school for, but it's something I'm good at and love and am so very thrilled to say when I introduce myself to new folks :)
It is super thrilling that you have made a niche for yourself at this library and get to flex and use and enjoy your librarian muscles. I love coming across your happy updates on the Twitter, so even if you don't have time to read everything (Who does?!), I hope you'll still drop a line there occasionally while you go on doing AWESOME things.