A Day in the Life of B

A Day in the Life of B

Wednesday September 16, 2015

To say “a day in the life” implies that there is some set of activities that I deem “typical” for my days, or that I have some kind of set schedule to which I adhere - which I suppose isn’t altogether untrue, but simultaneously isn’t 100% honest either.  

It would be more manageable to just sort of list the activities that my days include on a more general basis but in no particular order usually.  I work strange hours and my sleep schedule is a little unusual so when I do things is less important than that I do them.

Two of the most important and also newest routines that I have started on a daily basis in my life are mindfulness meditation and yoga.  Both for ten minutes every day, and neither with perfect consistency so far. 

I also try to include some kind of light exercise like walking in my day.  I have a dog named Heidi and she requires frequent walking so that satisfies this requirement sometimes. 

I also read some kind of course material every day as a requirement for whatever classes I happen to be enrolled in at the time.  Now it happens to be Genealogy and Local history Collections and Web Technology in Libraries. 

I work at an academic library five out of seven days.  I am an access services librarian and I supervise student workers.  I provide reference service to students and I work on various projects as I am assigned throughout the semesters.  Upon hire I implemented a new usage statistics tracking policy at the library for which I am mainly responsible. 

It would be dishonest if I did not include that I have a good deal of time for leisure during most of my days, and it is spent mostly with my partner /roommate.  We spend much of our time discussing topics of mutual interest like meditation, nutrition, health & fitness, and music.  We practice guitar together, read, and listen to podcasts, among many other enjoyable activities.  I hope to include him as a guest author on this blog in the future as he is a great source of inspiration to me, and very knowledgeable.   

In conclusion, I have a pretty easy going day to day life and it is pretty wonderful.  I’d like to wrap up with an exercise that my partner/boyfriend encourages me to do which is a gratitude exercise.  I have also heard of it from successful people like Tony Robbins.  You simply list three things for which you are grateful:

                1. I am grateful for the fan on my desk that is blowing a very nice comfortable breeze my way

                2. I am grateful for my relationship, and having a partner who appreciates so many of the same things that I do

                3.  I am grateful for the opportunity to be in school/in a master’s program that I enjoy so much

                Thanks for reading

-B