Catching Up: January - Same Chaos, Better Goals

 2025 me is writing this for 2026 me. It’s the past calling!

Happy New Year! It is time to start fresh. First, I want to share some of my goals for the New Year. Hopefully, when I read this a year from now, I will have accomplished most, if not all, of these goals.

The Grand 2026 Goal List  

- Be a better supervisor  

- Do a craft at EVERY storytime  

- Have at least one unique school-age program each month  

- Start prepping for programs at least two weeks in advance  

Can I do it? I don’t know, but I want to get organized in many aspects of my career. So, this is just a start. I might add more to the list because you can never overdo it on goals, even if they cannot be achieved this year.

Now, January’s lineup of things to do. I will be preparing a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. It will be an all-month-long passive program. I will post pictures in a January recap post.

The next exciting thing happening in January is the launch of a brand new program series. It is called Snack and Read *See edit*. I will share a brief picture book, and then we will create a snack inspired by it. Some context for that program: we received a kind donation to the library. The branch manager wanted us to get a Charlie Cart to do cooking and food-forward programming. Unfortunately, I was a bit hesitant about doing a cooking program with littles. So, my branch manager kindly agreed to help me with the program. I think having this collaboration will reduce the stress of figuring this out alone.

We will have our regular programming, outreach, and our library fundraiser. This year, I want to be more on top of the fundraiser. I think last year's numbers were a bit low. :\ This year, I plan to hopefully double the amount of participation.

And last, but not least, Summer Reading Planning! It’s that time of year to start organizing performers. I am so excited about the theme, too. I know it’s early, but early is better than later.

Well, now that you know my loaded schedule for January, what are some things you are looking forward to in the new year?

Edit: We had to reschedule Read & Snack because I lost my voice from being sick. So, it will be held on Monday, February 2nd. To be continued.