Library News: November 14th, 2024
The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius by Kendra Adachi. Often, so-called "life hacks" leave us drowning in tasks, schedules, and unfulfilled expectations-but why? Most time management systems prioritize optimization and greatness in service to an imagined future, but what if that's not your goal? In this book, author Kendra Adachi, in her straightforward, humorous style, reveals why the problem isn't you! If you're longing for a book that helps you live wholeheartedly today, then this is the book for you. Using the acronym "PLAN," you'll learn to prepare, live, adjust, and notice like a Lazy Genius and all through the lens of what really matters to you in your current season. Readers will discover two beliefs that will change time management forever as well as how to integrate hormones, personality, and one's current life stage into one's planning process. Adachi teaches the "Lighten the Load" to-do-list framework to help readers get their stuff done and the "PLAN Pyramid" to help us visualize a balanced life. Ultimately, readers will experience freedom from the crushing pressures of greatness, potential, and hustle. The author's approach is refreshingly compassionate and practical!
Panic Proof: The New Holistic Solution to End Your Anxiety Forever by Dr. Nicole Cain. To the millions of people who have had panic attacks, this book offers a holistic approach and personalized path to freedom from dealing with panic disorders. Other books have focused on the thoughts that contribute to panic. Panic Proof is the first book to teach the body that it’s safe in order to prevent panic before panic attacks. Remedies offered range from probioties, herbal remedies, adaptogens targeted for each person’s anxiety type, and healing practices for releasing trauma stored in the body. In her warm and approachable style, Dr. Cain shares her personal story of managing panic and examples from the patients she's helped over a decade of working with them to manage their own panic disorders. She guides the reader through the nine types of anxiety that she's identified. The book includes quizzes, worksheets, and self-reflection checklists to guide one along the journey to panic freedom. This book offers research-backed, body-based solutions for preventing panic. It will guide you to decoding what your panic is telling you and help you resolve the root causes so that you can finally achieve deep healing.
Upcoming Events at the Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library:
Tuesdays:
Creative Social Circle, Tuesdays at 4:30 PM. Bring your own crafts or work with our craft supplies. We will have a sample project each week if you need inspiration on what to make. During November, our guided project will be scarecrows using clear glass bottles. Please bring your own bottle (an empty wine bottle, salsa jar, or mason jar will work well)! Enjoy coffee, tea, and the company of other adults as you work. Ages 15 and up are invited to attend.
Yoga at the Library, Tuesdays at 6 PM. $5 per session, payable to Instructor Dave Sivley. Tuesdays, from 6-7 PM. Bring a yoga mat & water bottle.
Wednesdays:
Support Group for Parents of Challenging Kids, the 2nd Wednesday of every month— December 11th at 9 AM Parenting isn’t easy. If you are feeling overwhelmed, join others to gain valuable support coping strategies and information about community resources.
Preschool Story Hour, Wednesdays at 11 AM (following the school calendar). Join us for music, movement, stories & crafts intended for ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers.
Not A Box: Cardboard Construction. Wednesday, November 27th
from 12PM-3PM. What can a box become? Whatever you can dream of!
Construct these boxes into anything....just not a box! We have all the supplies needed. Grab your friends and make the coolest creations ever! All ages welcome!
Thursdays:
First Thursday Book Club, December 5th, 2024, 12 NOON-1 PM. Join others to chat about what you have been reading or to get suggestions from others.
Community Read- The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland. Thursday, November 21st, 2024, at 6:00 PM. Based on interviews with the passengers, the locals, and the airline crews, this book tells the true story of how the residents of Gander, Newfoundland welcomed 6,132 passengers who were diverted to their town during 9/11 and recounts the acts of kindness and generosity that the people of Gander showed to the stranded travelers. We’ll listen to the author, Jim DeFede, being interviewed and then join in a discussion about his book. Contact the library to request a copy to read before this discussion.
Fridays:
Lego at the Library, Fridays 3:00-4:30 PM. Build & create with our Lego & Duplo collections! All ages are welcome!
Saturdays:
Tech Time, select Saturdays, November 16th, From 10AM-1PM. Are you struggling with your phone? Do you have trouble navigating the internet? Do you need help with mel.org, the Libby App or the Marcellus Library Catalog? Drop in the library to ask Justin your IT related questions and learn to navigate your device or our computers!
Screenplay Saturday, November 23rd at 11 AM. Down by the fireplace, we will be showing the movie, Come From Away (NR), which is the musical based on our community read book, 'The Day the World Came to an End'. In the children's area, we will be showing the movie, Despicable Me 4 (PG)! Come see what the newest member of the Gru family is up to! Fresh popcorn will be provided!