Overwhelmed. Too much. So little time. So tired. Scared.
These are the thoughts that plague me these days. I think these thoughts plague me every April/May since I have become a librarian. A librarian wears so many hats.
Add the other jobs within my title and it gets even crazier. Technology teacher. Building Technology Coordinator.
Timeline of April
First: List all of the tasks associated with this time of year. Second: Feel even more overwhelmed than before I realized EXACTLY how many tasks there were for me to accomplish before the end of the year.
Third: Run around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to work at the tasks simultaneously hoping that progress on several tasks will make it seem better. (Note: It doesn't.)
Fourth: Shut down. Go into full out denial. Cry. Pout. Get angry.
Fifth: Realize I can't do it on my own and let God be my guide.
Sixth: Breathe. Relax. Let Go.
You'd think after so many years, that I would realize and skip to 5. But, NO, I go through Every. Single. Step. I suddenly feel an affinity with the Israelites who wandered through the desert for 40 years.
Instead of thinking of what needs to be done, I've decided to list the things I have accomplished. Today: I cataloged about 20 books that were donated to the library. I relabeled some books that I found when working on the massive inventory. They needed to be marked F instead of E, or they needed a new barcode, etc. Yeah! I also went through a huge stack of papers, mostly from the scavenger hunt book making supplies. Whew! I'm glad that is finished!
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