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Encinitas Library

The library has helped me gain strength from anxiety and OCD. As part of my exposure therapy, I had been encouraged to go outside my house to a place I feel safe but also pushes me outside my comfort zone. To motivate myself, I had developed a routine: I request a book through the app, which gives me a reason to get out of my house and go get it. The first time doing this was so scary for me, but overtime the comfortability of the library gave me motivation to go back. I first started this exposure treatment 3 years ago, but now I am able to go to the library about once a week.

Whimsical Place

I like the library's system of requests. For example, if there is a book that is not in your local library, you can still order or request it and it will be transferred from another library to my local place so I can pick it up.I love Logan high library because it has a specific sections that celebrate or highlights a theme. For example they have a separate/isolated section about human trafficking with so many resources and books. That way I can just go and pick any instead of going to the shelves and getting lost with the alphabetization. And…

Between the Stacks

The library has always been a steady, familiar place in my life. As a kid, it was where I went to find books that went beyond what my school had on its shelves, and where friends and I met to work on school projects or play chess after class. It was also where I was first introduced to parts of the internet by friends, and where access to a computer or a printer made a real difference when I needed it.In college, the library became something quieter and more intentional, a place to focus, think, and get work done without…