I probably have nothing deep or thought-provoking to say today. It’s lovely out here, on the Mall or the Cut–whatever CMU calls the area between the UC and Purnell–and the drama students are providing me with immense entertainment. I like this almost autumn-like weather; my energy level is highest at this time of year, when it isn’t yet dark most of the time but the air is cool enough that it’s pleasant to wear long sleeves. (I’m looking into job opportunities in Seattle and Vancouver when I get out of here.) <\/p>\n
I’m behind on all the things I want and need to get done, but I’m also getting used to that and becoming a lot more Zen\/it-will-get-done-somehow on the whole thing. Maybe this is finally my chance to take the laid back approach to schooling that I wish I’d taken as an engineer: maybe I will finally learn to chill out and enjoy the learning process, instead of constantly worrying about having the very highest of grades, at the expense of sanity, health, and a life outside of school and work. (Am I where I am in life because I worked so perfectionistically, as if that were a word, in my previous education? In a manner of speaking, yes. But maybe if I’d slowed down and chilled out, I would still have found this path, or an equally rewarding and socially productive one.) <\/p>\n
Out of curiosity, readers, would you say it might be an interesting and useful thing to do, if I were to go to another country and teach English for most of a year, after graduation? My logic is, at its core, “internationalization! and teaching experience!” (I’m deathly afraid of groups of more than ten people. I hate giving presentations. I love one-on-one teaching and fear the classroom. And academic libraries are all about the teaching.) I’m considering it. It would also give Dale more time to really dig into the work he’s doing for his current job, you know? But perhaps taking a year to do something more or less entirely unrelated to libraries isn’t the right choice, right now. <\/p>\n
Anyway, I guess I should eat some of the lunch I bought. I work 2-5 this afternoon and then may retire to a coffee-serving establishment for some quality writing time. I hope the weather’s still as pretty when I get out of the library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I probably have nothing deep or thought-provoking to say today. It’s lovely out here, on the Mall or the Cut–whatever CMU calls the area between the UC and Purnell–and the drama students are providing me with immense entertainment. I like this almost autumn-like weather; my energy level is highest at…<\/p>\n