I don't want to sound complain-y, but working three jobs is kind of tough sometimes.
It is no secret that I am the more capable worker and at times can be a bit of perfectionist- these wonderful personality traits can prove to be a little more at odds with my psyche because I don't have a desk that I can call my own at two of my positions. I tend to be "at the desk" for most of my shifts and even at the more steady eddy position, yes I have a desk, but it will probably be temporary and there is a bunch of stuff that isn't mine there anyway. I think the point I am trying to make is that I feel like I don't have a home (at work).
Now the flip side to this is that I totally like all the places I am working and if any of them were to offer me a full-time gig, I would take it.
I wrote this in 2018.
It is now 2019 and things have changed. I am starting a full time position at none of the three places mentioned above...
I will have an office and a desk!
The past 10 months have been a wild ride. 4-6 days a week working all over the Bay Area.
There was a stint last year where I worked 15 days in a row. I kind of went crazy a few times, but having a weekday off was nice, having to work Sundays was not nice.
This new job feels right for me. I was looking for a work home and I think I found it.
I think I have realized that I want to be a creative academic librarian and not an academic public librarian.
Onward...
