I talked about balance a few posts back. After doing some reading recently, I think that balance isn’t exactly what I need.

Let’s face it. Most of us spend most of our conscious hours at work. And I don’t really mind that. I like the work that I’m doing and for me this is a big part of my life. I like telling people that I’m a librarian (and then having to explain that I do more than stamp books.) It’s not likely that this job/profession/career is just a waiting room until I figure out what I really want to be when I grow up. I am in my grown up job and I really do look forward to what the future holds for libraries and librarian types.

So my focus has shifted away from finding balance to figuring out how to integrate all the various parts of my life. I don’t necessarily want to compartmentalize everything because it honestly just doesn’t work for me. I tend to live my life with a certain amount of passion and I want to be true to myself in all areas.

I’m fighting to be able to do this. Maybe fighting is too harsh. I’m working to make this a reality in my workplace.

So what? Well, I mentioned in a post that I’m not sure what direction this blog is taking. When I started it, I hoped that it would be a place where different types of librarians (or people on the path to being librarians) would write about their individual experiences. But it hasn’t really turned out that way. And that’s not a big deal. There are plenty of librarian blogs out there.

And still…so what? Well, the time has come to continue with my overall plan of integration. Being a librarian is just part of who I am. If you’re a friend on FriendFeed, you’ll be able to follow my posts on my personal (up ’til now) blog. If you’re not, then ask to be my friend. I’ll continue posting about my experiences and thoughts as I learn more about my job and librarianship. I just won’t be doing it here. (It might mean that my other blog might gain a different depth. Who knows.) However, I will leave this blog here so people can read old posts.

See you in the other place. My “integrated” place.