Why blog?

I just finished reading Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future by Dorie Clark. I have a background in librarianship and have worked for the library for the blind in Texas for 5 years. I am planning a cross country move soon and know that the city we are moving to has expensive childcare costs and a library school in town which makes the already tight librarian market even tighter.

I am going to use this blog to read articles from academic journals and other publications that interest me and provide commentary on what I read and learn. I hope that in the course of my research I will gain knowledge in new fields or notice patterns in the type of articles that interest me that might guide my next steps professionally.

I like the energy that authors like Mary Roach and Sarah Vowell bring to their writing because they are exploring topics that interest them. I hope to commit to writing in this blog and to practice my writing skills.

(I am currently audiobooking Vowell's Unfamiliar Fishes and recently finished Roach's newest book Gulp.)