If you don’t love what you’re doing, do something else.

September 14, 2009 · Posted in Librarianship

CC image courtesy of dev null on Flickr

CC image courtesy of dev null on Flickr

Last week an MLS student interviewed me for a project. The last part of my reply to her was this:

Find a job you love. No one goes into librarianship for the money. We go into it for love. There a plenty of bitter, disenchanted people out there in all professions. If you don’t love what you’re doing, do something else.

I think it bears repeating.

Tags: advice, job, librarian, Librarians, Libraries, love, mls, recommendation, student, work

Comments

AndyW

It was working at a couple of crappy jobs that make me appreciate librarianship all the more. I love what I do. Rarely does it arise to the "work" level since I'm enjoying what I do. That's the key to it. Sure, it's not always sunshine and puppy dogs, but the rare bad moments can't hold a candle to everything else.

Brian Hulsey

I see this everyday at work and couldn’t agree with you more. Sadly, I think that the people once loved their profession but just became disenchanted somehow. Thank you for saying it, maybe it will help spark, rekindle, or continue the fire for what we do.

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