First Day

A post intended for yesterday morning

Today is my first day as academic librarian.   I have worked for this for a while and it’s strange to think that the day is already here.

I have been asked by several of my former co-workers if I was excited leading up to this day. I always had two answers: “I’ve been to busy to be excited” or “of course.” Both are true, but not complete. The first is true because I still have work to do at my old job. I have agreed to take on a bit of overlap because the transition for the new tech is not complete. Also I have a few loose ends, documentation and the like, to get done.

But the second, is trickier. I am excited for this job. It’s a great job and the best possible start to my career that I could want. I was give more opportunity than  I believed I would get out the gate. All through the interview pprocess I felt that they were paying attention to my skills, my personality, and potential. I feel good about this. And that is all positive, but I also feel like my career is clouded. I am  completely changing fields. I don’t know what to expect. Every other time that I have changed jobs I have had enough experience in which I can find a little niche to take initiative on. I don’t have that this time. This institution is completely different. I don’t know my sphere of influence yet. I find myself in the unusual circumstance of mot knowing what to do or expect. For these reasons it has been hard to say that I’m excited. I can’t seems to latch onto what this new adventure might look like for me.

Today will be easy. The day is a full schedule of onboarding events. Tomorrow will be harder.