Attending ALA Annual with Friends

In my 16 year career as a public children’s librarian, I have had the immense privilege to attend a handful of ALA and ALSC institute conferences. I consider myself an outgoing and confident person, but I still find traveling solo for a conference overwhelming.  While these events are always informative, exciting, and rejuvenating, there always comes a time while socializing with my fellow librarians where a voice of doubt enters my mind.  Do they really want to keep talking to me?  Am I being annoying? A few years ago I stumbled upon a solution that allowed me to hang out with close friends and diminish my social anxiety during professional conferences. How It Started In January of 2023 I was chatting with my friends Nikki and Monica about how they both felt they needed a break from their routines as working moms.  I mentioned that I had permission from my…
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