Why the fuck is that so hard and unsustainable. I want to eat and afford rent and organize an archive of knowledge. I want a horde that I get to share with people. I want curious individuals to come to me and ask me to direct them to the knowledge they seek. I want to read and read and read and get lost in my ivory tower. Is that so bad? Is there no plcae in our society for this? It’s so fucking frustrating to receive nothing in response to a job application. I guess I will teach instead of being the esoteric librarian I crave being. Why did I have to be born into a working class family at a time when archivists are becoming obsolete. It’s such bullshit. I just want to preserve the knowledge I love and pass it on to similarly interested people.

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    I thankfully have the energy and will be taking volunteer spots as soon as I have the location. Regardless my goal is to be a teacher, i just wish real archival played into it more. I am super drunk rn and getting a history degree before I get my teaching cert and start working. Gonna be awful in so many ways but we cannot abandon our youth