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If you happen to be an educator, you are probably drowning in responsibilities right about now. If the new year has already started for you, I hope everything went off without a hitch and you aren’t doubting your decision to take responsibility for guiding the next generation toward independence. No pressure right? The first day of school in my district is the Wednesday after Labor Day. Today is Tuesday. This means I have zero more days left to get the library ready for 700 kids. Anxiety starts to creep in if I spend more than a minute thinking about everything I need to get done by tomorrow morning and then inevitably I notice my giant stack of library books that are being neglected and the office bookshelf that’s crammed with untouched titles and the three bags full of books I agreed to read for a local librarian review group, some of which I’ve had since December, and my anxiety starts to grow.
