Life is Precious and School is Forever!

Hello reader! It is the beginning of May and I am feeling like time is getting away, but in the best ways. Although school can be overwhelming, I know I am going to miss it a lot </3. Nonetheless, I am both anxious and thrilled about completing my final assignments and attending graduation. Here are a few things on my mind as of late.

Reflections

I have been reflecting a lot lately on school, life, and professional aspirations. And something that continues to come up for me is to make sure that I look to the stars but keep myself grounded as well. I cannot accept any accomplishment without feeling abundant gratitude for my loved ones, family, friends, mentors, and the kindness of strangers. So, I try to make decisions and plans from a solid place within my heart and by simply asking for help, which is so hard for me sometimes and I am trying to learn better ways to attempt. On another note, it was recently Eid! And the older I get I think I find the holiday more and more special especially because the years pass by and some loved ones are not with us during these cherished celebrations. Regardless, it is always a beautiful time to pause and spend time with others, dressed nicely, and having so much tea and sweets.

Wardah (right) and her cousin (left) wearing traditional shalwar kameez.
 My cousin and me taking a mirror click!

Job Updates

In terms of job searching updates, I have been invited to a university for an on-campus part of the interview! And I am dearly, incredibly, excited! Something I am learning the more I am given the chance to interview with prospective institutions is that there is so much I learn about my interests and that has been nice. Especially because I do not think that I had the language or confidence to say what I am interested in or the pedagogies I care deeply about within my professional field. But that has changed while looking for positions and trying to make sense of my past experiences in tandem with librarian roles I hope to someday fulfil well. All I can share right now is that things will move in their respective time and all I can do is my best to stay afloat, present, and grounded. 

I would also like to quickly share that at my current graduate assistantship with Moraine Valley Community College I have been having the best of times. Community colleges are incredible academic spaces that deserve so much more credit. Anyways, I am currently working on a research guide project focused on environmental sustainability and I hope to share a completed version of the guide in my May blog post. I mention this, because I am using Adobe Express and recommend others to learn about the tool because I think it is so cute and effective either in organising information, resume stuff, or creating a presentation. 

Thank you for reading my blog post! And I wish my other graduating iSchool ambassadors lots of love and continued feelings of accomplishment as graduation comes and all the good that is yet to come. Yay!