This and that: holding down two dream careers at once.(Working Knowledge)(Michael Rogalla)

While attending a professor's retirement party, I met a new librarian who told of an interesting discovery. She had struggled with deciding whether to become a high school librarian or find work in an academic setting. Then she discovered a position that would offer the chance to work in both settings. That chance encounter helped me realize that we sometimes mistakenly believe life is asking us "or" questions, when life is really offering us "and" opportunities. That is, we can do this and that, not merely choose between two options.

Consider this example: Michael Rogalla, children's librarian at Champaign Public Library in Illinois, lives two lives. In addition to presenting …