We need to normalize mistakes and bad hair days. Not knowing the answer to questions even though we are library workers. We need to normalize mental health and medication and therapy. We need to normalize sleeping through our alarms and being late for work or having a cold and not being able to come in. We need to normalize apologizing to each other. We need to normalize empathy and neurodivergency and compliments.
Too much of our professional lives are wasted on trying to live up to ideals that don't exist. Everyone has bad days. If you are a leader, please talk about your bad days, your mistakes, and the times you accidentally slept through your alarm. The more normal you can make basic humanity, the more likely your human workforce will care to stick around.
