Step 11: Catch up!

We all know that the end of the school year can be crazy busy...which is partially why I haven't posted in a few months!  Sorry to all my faithful readers!  I will probably post a few times this month as I get back into the swing of things.  One of the projects that I was working on for grad school last semester was a post about why blogging is an important tool for communication and reflective thought.  I became discouraged, having to rewrite the draft several times, because I have always thought of myself as a good writer...clearly the instructor did not feel the same way! Since I held off on posting that, it held me back from posting at all.  This is one of the main reasons I'm writing today and catching up, to prove that I won't let someone else's opinion silence me.  I've been to a few conferences in the past few months, in fact I am at one right now.  These experiences have shown me that the one thing I need to do more of is TALK!  Those of you who know me might be shaking your head and laughing. "Does she really need to talk more?" might be a question you are asking yourself!  I know my dad would be singing the "Talk too much" song!  But it is important to talk about and share what we do.  I've been so inspired by librarians like Shannon Miller (@shannonmiller), John Schu (@MrSchuReads), Matthew Winner (@MatthewWinner), Jennifer LaGarde (@jenniferlagarde) and Diana Rendina (@DianaLRendina). I've been sitting here thinking about how awesome they are, how approachable they are, and how much I have learned from them.  Then I realized, the biggest difference between them and me...they talk about what they do!  They share their experiences via Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Instagram, Vine and numerous other social media sites.  I can't do it all, but I can promise myself to do more.  So today I am promising to do more; to schedule into my work week, time to send tweets and post to Facebook about things that are happening in my library.  I promise to share what is happening in my profession on Blogger and Google+.  I promise to make a point of sharing my resources with fellow librarians and my teacher colleagues so that everyone can hear my voice. Thank you to those of you who listen!