Ta - Da Moments in Library Science

It is hard to live in three worlds at once: in the conventional workplace, in the challenging life of a UW student, in the role of a wife and mom who used to have hobbies, interests, and a distinct nurturing side. This is a blog about survival in library school, and about looking beneath the surfaces of the standard lectures and homework assignments done in the classes. Like all dialogues written by people in their pajamas, this blog is a bit self-serving. I need a place to gather up the words of wisdom, notes, and website links that I know will be my "lifelines" in my new profession (or if I ever hit the game show circuit). I need to put voice to my questions and doubts that arise every day in this new world of privacy laws and intellectual freedom debates. And I need to share my (and share other's) TA-DA MOMENTS, some personal and some professional.

So, here you will find:
TA - DA MOMENTS
DON'T LOSE THESE LINKS
STUFF I LEARNED FROM MY INSTRUCTORS
PSYCHIATRIC HELP: FREE FOR STUDENTS (Accepted & Dispensed)


First, What is a Ta-Da Moment?
Loretta LaRoche http://www.lorettalaroche.com/, a humorist and stress management consultant, seemed to define it as a moment when the person who normally serves and provides for others takes notice of their own value, realizes the impact they are making, or maybe just celebrates the fact that they made it out of bed another day. She directs us to periodically wrap ourselves (figuratively or literally depending on your boldness) in a red velvet cape, place a large gold crown on our heads, and greet our people: "It's ME! Ta - Da!" I have shared this philosophy with the younger people in my life, and jumped for joy when they got it -- when they looked at me and asked, "Is this a Ta-Da moment?" Ta-Das can happen everyday if you let them -- sometimes amidst laughter, sometimes tears. As adult graduate students we need to acknowledge those moments no matter how insignificantly we may have previously judged them.
My Ta-Da Moment today is starting this blog as my reference project. A courageous leap of faith for a private person! What was your Ta- Da Moment this week? Did you take notice of anyone else's?