Category Inspiration

Connect with Others

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This week I share with you Tip #8 from Ten Self-Care Tips: Looking for Sane Practices in Times of Insane Demands – Connect with Others.  This is a hard one to write; perhaps because this is a practice that takes…

Close the Tabs

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This week I share with you Tip #7 from Ten Self-Care Tips: Looking for Sane Practices in Times of Insane Demands – Close the Tabs This is a new tip for me, but oh so powerful. Someone must have been…

Find. Your. Passion.

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This week I share with you Tip #6 from Ten Self-Care Tips: Looking for Sane Practices in Times of Insane Demands – Find. Your. Passion. What fuels you, energizes you? What makes you excited to get out of bed in…

Say It: No.

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This week I share with you Tip #5 from Ten Self-Care Tips: Looking for Sane Practices in Times of Insane Demands – Say it: No. Yes, you’ve no doubt heard this advice many, many times by now: Learn to say…

Hit the HELP Button

This week I share with you Tip #4 from Ten Self-Care Tips: Looking for Sane Practices in Times of Insane Demands – Ask for help. Have you ever seen the red HELP button? Right away you think, Yes, I need…

Be You–and No One Else

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This month I’m conducting a workshop at the California Library Association Conference: Ten Self-Care Tips: Looking for Sane Practices in Times of Insane Demands. I’ll break down those tips for you here over the next ten weeks. Tip #1: Be…

My Superpower

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This week I was in a meeting in which we were asked to think about our “superpower.” Mine is one I’m still developing. Thinking of it reminded me of a post I wrote about my superpower in 2021 for Laura’s…