I enjoy having dedicated spaces for doing things. I have a gym I go to for working out. I have a home for sleeping and eating. I have a public library to use as an office and study. In the last couple years I have spent a large amount of time working and studying in the Monticello Public Library. It has become the place I go to get after it and get some work done. I am super grateful to have such a good spot available to me that facilitates and enables growth.
I spend much of my time working on entrepreneurial projects, writing, consulting, and job searching and the library is a perfect place for such activities. I cannot work from home in any productive fashion. Having a library gives me a place to serve as a good workplace. I am happy to have this place just a mile from my house, because without it, I might not accomplish much most days. I am also so happy for all the side benefits this whole “library office” thing affords me.
I am lone wolfing all of my projects so the library gives me at least some minimal human interaction throughout the day. I spend so much time writing its nice to at least have the desk folks to say hi to at the library. The children visiting the library also provide me a good laugh a lot of the time. It’s hard not to smile and laugh when a little kid comes in and is yelling about how excited they are about the fish tank. I mean fish tanks are really awesome. My workspace at home is in a cold garage, I like it there, but it lacks some of that important human touch the library can provide. The library provides me all this and asks nothing in return, it just exists as a place to be my office.
Libraries really do just exist to serve us all without any real agenda. They might be one of the most pure and innocent things out there. I can use them as an office anytime I want. I can hangout at a table and do my work all day, just because I want to. The library is just there to help people, it makes you wonder why we don’t have more places and organizations like libraries. I would say there is a lot more to learn from the library than just the facts in those books they have.