I retired from the CML System in January of 2012 after 26 years and 10 months of being a CML employee, and I haven't regretted a moment of it. I had begun to realize that as much as I love the library world, and books and reading...I wasn't happy at where it was going. I don't think there was any real choice in making the changes that Administration had made. The world is changing more and more quickly, and what I grew up with as a traditional library just wasn't viable anymore. I realized that what the library had become, and where it was heading, was no longer something I was interested in. There are those persons that are, of course, and I decided it was time to let them have at it. I haven't looked back. I find the only real thing I do regret, is the access to the new books. There's something about having them all around you that makes you notice them more, and makes it easier to find new interesting things to read. I have to work harder now to find good things to read, and perhaps I'm not reading as much. But my library card now only has a few items on it, where as before it was constantly full.
I also knew that there was a great deal of stress in my job, but I didn't realize how much until several months after I left. And let's face it, I don't miss the paperwork and the deadlines. All around it was a good decision. Yay for me, for making the right decision.
a girl who grew up in The Land of Sky Blue Waters
