The Librarians Suggest

When I'm looking for inspiration I immediately turn to books, I guess it's just the librarian in me. Which is why my desk tends to be the home where many of my books reside. In pursuit of cleaning my desk area and making it an actual work space, I find these books most fitting to keep on display and to use as a quick reference when I'm need of a little help. What's on your desk this moment?  (images via  amazon)

I have a problem with collecting books. If there was a mental disorder for this I'm sure I'd have it since my mother has a panic attack every time she sees a stack of books. I keep them under the bed, in the closet, behind my shoes, a bookcase in the closet, under my desk, up against the wall, they are literally everywhere. How do you store your books?!  Post by Sarah  (image via  design darling )

When brand new books come back damaged and parents say their children didn't do it. I just want to scream and yell. We're giving you damn books for free!!!!!!!!!! #librarianproblems

Being a millennial and librarian is kind of a problem. I have never been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but if you were to guess that I have these tendencies and behaviors, then you guessed correctly. I once spent my spring vacation in college at the university library reading (and researching) everything I could find about the execution of The Romanov Family and Rasputin (it wasn't an assignment, it was for pure pleasure). By the time school was back in session, I was checked out. My brain never got the break it needed. And this is a daily habit, I'm not even kidding. Living in the rabbit hole and researching for hours on end (on any given subject) is second nature to me, I never stop to consider that it is a habit I need to learn to control. But I'm addicted, the need to know is just part of me (and most millennials). This perpetual state of curiosity is at the core of my foundation. So the fact that information is so easily accessible and that I have...