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It is easy to tell others about graduation days, dissertation awards, job offers, fellowships, or first days. However, what about the hours spent on anxiety about not getting a foot into the door? The doubts that it might never work out in the end? The news that it eventually did not work out for some friends in the end? The feeling of low-paid or even volunteer work "opportunities"? The financial pressure of archival education, and its lifelong impact? The enthusiasm of writing job applications and the hurt of job rejections? Overall, these events and feelings also make up life. Failure is an important part of professional life, and so is rethinking and realigning goals. This article is the story of my first big professional crisis, how I have overcome it, and how this experience has shaped my professional identity. I hope that it will be an encouragement for professionals at all career levels who decide to change their goals in order to follow their archival calling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
