They Didn't Teach Me This in School

Much of my job these days is spent on things totally not covered by my MLIS program (or much of my formal education, actually). Things like organizing people and things for a big construction project. Our carpet is being replaced by tile, so there's a big effort to get things cleared away, people in temporary workstations so they don't have to get headaches from glue, and shifted back again.

The other topic not so much covered in coursework is personality management. I'm learning through experience how to deal with a variety of personality types, to manage them so they don't go postal (or the individual's own version of postal), and to manage my own personality too as I interact with these folks. It's both personal and political and initiated from the heart as much as the mind. It is very good zen training.

Speaking of zen, my zafu and zabuton came in the mail yesterday. I was too pooped to open the box until this morning. I'm looking forward to carving out some time to sit. Now at least my bottom will be happy. I'm not formulating any goals for this sitting, because I don't know where it will go and don't want to make any promises that I end up not fulfilling. But, my noisy mommy-librarian-manager brain is looking forward to the quiet.