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Most neck and upper back pain is caused by a combination of factors, including injury, poor posture, chiropractic subluxations, stress, and in some instances, disc problems.
Most people do not realize how much they move their neck during the day until they are unable to do so. The degree of flexibility of the neck, coupled with the fact that it has the least amount of muscular stabilization and it has to support and move your 14 – 16 pound head, means that the neck is very susceptible to injury.
You can picture your neck and head much like a bowling ball being held on top of a stick by small, thin, elastic bands. It doesn't take much force to disrupt that delicate balance.
The spinal cord runs through a space in the vertebrae to send nerve impulses to every part of the body. Between each pair of cervical vertebrae, the spinal cord sends off large bundles of nerves that run down the arms and to some degree, the upper back. This means that if your arm is hurting, it may actually be a problem in the neck! Symptoms in the arms can include numbness, tingling, cold, aching, and "pins and needles".
These symptoms can be confused with carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful condition in the hands that is often found in people who work at computer keyboards or perform other repetitive motion tasks for extended periods.
Problems in the neck can also contribute to headaches, muscle spasms in the shoulders and upper back, ringing in the ears, otitis media (inflammation in the middle ear, often mistaken for an ear infection in children), temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), restricted range of motion and chronic tightness in the neck and upper back.
We associate the neck and upper back together, because most of the muscles that are associated with the neck either attach to, or are located in, the upper back. These muscles include the trapezius, the levator scapulae, the cervical paraspinal muscles and the scalenes, as well as others.
The Causes of Neck and Upper Back Pain
Most neck and upper back pain is caused by a combination of factors, including injury, poor posture, chiropractic subluxations, stress, and in some instances, disc problems.
By far, the most common injury to the neck is a whiplash injury. Whiplash is caused by a sudden movement of the head, either backward, forward, or sideways, that results in the damage to the supporting muscles, ligaments and other connective tissues in the neck and upper back. Whether from a car accident, sports, or an accident at work, whiplash injuries need to be taken very seriously. Because symptoms of a whiplash injury can take weeks or months to manifest, it is easy to be fooled into thinking that you are not as injured as you really are. Too often people don't seek treatment following a car accident or sports injury because they don't feel hurt. Unfortunately, by the time more serious complications develop, some of the damage from the injury may have become permanent. Numerous studies have shown that years after whiplash victims settle their insurance claims, roughly half of them state that they still suffer with symptoms from their injuries. If you have been in a motor vehicle or any other kind of accident, don't assume that you escaped injury if you are not currently in pain. Get checked out by a good chiropractor.
Forward head posture is very common for people who are stooped over their computers all day long. If not taken care of with chiropractic care, subluxations like this can worsen over time.
Poor Posture
One of the most common causes of neck pain, and sometimes headaches, is poor posture. It's easy to get into bad posture habits without even realizing it – even an activity as "innocent" as reading in bed can ultimately lead to pain, headaches, and more serious problems. The basic rule is simple: keep your neck in a "neutral" position whenever possible. Don't bend or hunch your neck forward for long periods. Also, try not to sit in one position for a long time. If you must sit for an extended period, make sure your posture is good: Keep your head in a neutral position, make sure your back is supported, keep your knees slightly lower than your hips, and rest your arms if possible.
Subluxations in the neck and upper back area are extremely common due to the high degree of stress associated with holding up your head, coupled with the high degree of instability in the cervical spine. Most subluxations tend to be centered around four areas: the top of the cervical spine where it meets the skull; in the middle of the cervical spine where the mechanical stress from the head is the greatest; in the transition where the cervical and thoracic areas of the spine meet; and in the middle of the thoracic spine where the mechanical stress from the weight of the upper body is greatest. Signs of subluxation include looking in the mirror and seeing your head tilted or one shoulder higher than the other. Often women will notice that their sleeve length is different or that a necklace is hanging off center. If someone looks at you from the side they may notice that your head sits forward from your shoulders. This is known as FHP – forward head posture – and is very common for people who are stooped over their computers all day long. Subluxations are a debt to the body. If they are not taken care of soon after they occur, then they can get much worse over time due to the accumulation of compounding interest.
When most people become stressed, they unconsciously contract their muscles. In particular, the muscles in their back. This 'muscle guarding' is a survival response designed to guard against injury. In today's world where we are not exposed to physical danger most of the time, muscle guarding still occurs whenever we become emotionally stressed. The areas most affected are the muscles of the neck, upper back and low back. For most of us, the particular muscle affected by stress is the trapezius muscle, where daily stress usually leads to chronic tightness and the development of trigger points.
The two most effective ways you can reduce the physical effects of stress on your own are to increase your activity level – exercise – and by deep breathing exercises. When you decrease the physical effects of stress, you can substantially reduce the amount of tightness and pain in your upper back and neck.
Disc Herniations
The discs in your cervical spine can herniate or bulge and put pressure on the nerves that exit from the spine through that area. Although cervical discs do not herniate nearly as often as lumbar discs do, they occasionally can herniate, especially when the discs sustain damage from a whiplash injury. Contact us today!
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Judging Others. 1* a "Stop judging,* that you may not be judged.b 2For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.c 3Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye? 5You hypocrite,* remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye.
Pearls Before Swine. 6"Do not give what is holy to dogs,* or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.d
The Answer to Prayers. 7e "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.f 8For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.g 9Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread,* 10or a snake when he asks for a fish? 11If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.h
The Golden Rule. 12* "Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.i This is the law and the prophets.
The Narrow Gate. 13* "Enter through the narrow gate;* for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many.j 14How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.
False Prophets.* 15"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.k 16l By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. 18A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit. 19Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. 20So by their fruits you will know them.m
The True Disciple. 21"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven,* but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.n 22Many will say to me on that day,o 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?'p 23Then I will declare to them solemnly, 'I never knew you.* Depart from me, you evildoers.'q
The Two Foundations. 24* "Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.r 25The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house.s But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. 26And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. 27The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined."
28* When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29* t for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
* [7:1–12] In Mt 7:1 Matthew returns to the basic traditional material of the sermon (Lk 6:37–38, 41–42). The governing thought is the correspondence between conduct toward one's fellows and God's conduct toward the one so acting.
* [7:1] This is not a prohibition against recognizing the faults of others, which would be hardly compatible with Mt 7:5, 6 but against passing judgment in a spirit of arrogance, forgetful of one's own faults.
* [7:5] Hypocrite: the designation previously given to the scribes and Pharisees is here given to the Christian disciple who is concerned with the faults of another and ignores his own more serious offenses.
* [7:6] Dogs and swine were Jewish terms of contempt for Gentiles. This saying may originally have derived from a Jewish Christian community opposed to preaching the gospel (what is holy, pearls) to Gentiles. In the light of Mt 28:19 that can hardly be Matthew's meaning. He may have taken the saying as applying to a Christian dealing with an obstinately impenitent fellow Christian (Mt 18:17).
* [7:9–10] There is a resemblance between a stone and a round loaf of bread and between a serpent and the scaleless fish called barbut.
* [7:12] See Lk 6:31. This saying, known since the eighteenth century as the "Golden Rule," is found in both positive and negative form in pagan and Jewish sources, both earlier and later than the gospel. This is the law and the prophets is an addition probably due to the evangelist.
* [7:13–28] The final section of the discourse is composed of a series of antitheses, contrasting two kinds of life within the Christian community, that of those who obey the words of Jesus and that of those who do not. Most of the sayings are from Q and are found also in Luke.
* [7:13–14] The metaphor of the "two ways" was common in pagan philosophy and in the Old Testament. In Christian literature it is found also in the Didache (1–6) and the Epistle of Barnabas (18–20).
* [7:15–20] Christian disciples who claimed to speak in the name of God are called prophets (Mt 7:15) in Mt 10:41; Mt 23:34. They were presumably an important group within the church of Matthew. As in the case of the Old Testament prophets, there were both true and false ones, and for Matthew the difference could be recognized by the quality of their deeds, the fruits (Mt 7:16). The mention of fruits leads to the comparison with trees, some producing good fruit, others bad.
* [7:21–23] The attack on the false prophets is continued, but is broadened to include those disciples who perform works of healing and exorcism in the name of Jesus (Lord) but live evil lives. Entrance into the kingdom is only for those who do the will of the Father. On the day of judgment (on that day) the morally corrupt prophets and miracle workers will be rejected by Jesus.
* [7:23] I never knew you: cf. Mt 10:33. Depart from me, you evildoers: cf. Ps 6:9.
* [7:24–27] The conclusion of the discourse (cf. Lk 6:47–49). Here the relation is not between saying and doing as in Mt 7:15–23 but between hearing and doing, and the words of Jesus are applied to every Christian (everyone who listens).
* [7:28–29] When Jesus finished these words: this or a similar formula is used by Matthew to conclude each of the five great discourses of Jesus (cf. Mt 11:1; 13:53; 19:1; 26:1).
* [7:29] Not as their scribes: scribal instruction was a faithful handing down of the traditions of earlier teachers; Jesus' teaching is based on his own authority. Their scribes: for the implications of their, see note on Mt 4:23.
b. [7:1] Rom 2:1–2; 1 Cor 4:5.
e. [7:7–11] Mk 11:24; Lk 11:9–13.
l. [7:16–17] 12:33; Lk 6:43–44.
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- Advanced registration for Midwinter is open through Jan. 13 and can be done online at www.alamidwinter.org.
- If you have already registered and would like to add an institute or special event, you have two options: (1) By phone: Call ALA Registration at 1-800-974-3084 and ask to add a workshop to your existing registration.; (2) Online: Add an event to your existing registration by clicking on this link. Use your log in and password to access your existing Midwinter registration and add events in the "Your Events" section (screen 6). Then simply check out and pay for the events you've added.
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* Event code: ALA2012 * ALA Travel Desk toll free at 1-800-644-7313 * 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CDT, Monday through Friday * A minimal service fee applies. * Email: email@example.com
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ALA's Midwinter Meeting will be held at the Dallas Convention Center at 650 S. Griffin St., Dallas, TX, 75202. Visit their web site at www.dallasconventioncenter.com. Besides information about local restaurants, attractions and driving directions, there is also a floor plan of the convention center to help you get around.
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Please help us out, Dallas area residents! Any information you have about Dallas that would be helpful to visitors can be shared here.
- Librarian Nicole Pagowsky has created this alternative guide to Dallas
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Exact locations and times for all of YALSA's meetings and events are available on this PDF.
Besides all of its committee, jury, taskforce and board meetings, YALSA will host a half day institute on Friday Jan. 20th that focuses on innovations in core young adult services. Please check back here regularly for more details. To learn more about activities going on beyond YALSA, visit ALA's Midwinter wiki.
To register only for the "Innovations in Essential Teen Services" Midwinter Institute, please fill out the this form (skip Section I) and either mail or fax it to 800-521-6017 or mail it to:
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568 Atrium Dr.
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Registration for the institute opens October 1st.
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Friday, January 20
To register only for the "Innovations in Essential Teen Services" Midwinter Institute, fill out this form (skip Section I) and either mail or fax it to 800-521-6017 or mail it to:
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You can add ticketed events if you've already registered! You can contact Nichole Gilbert at email@example.com or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4387, to reserve a ticket for the institute. You can also add events through ALA registration: (1) By phone: Call ALA Registration at 1-800-974-3084 and ask to add a workshop or special event to your existing registration; (2) Online: Add an event to your existing registration by clicking this Midwinter Registration link. Use your log in and password to access your existing Midwinter registration and add events in the "Your Events" section (screen 6). Then simply check out and pay for the events you've added.
Innovations in Essential Teen Services
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Omni, Dallas C room
Looking for innovative ways to refresh or enhance teen services that you are already providing? Then join YALSA for this half day workshop. Attendees will get tips on:
- Programming: 21st Century Storytelling using Scratch with Sarah Ludwig
- Reader's Advisory: Creative Reader's Advisory using QR codes with Katherine Trouern-Trend
- Evaluation: Outcome-based evaluations for assessing the 21st Century skills of teens (and staff!) with Kelly Czarnecki
- Homework Help: How to Customize New York Public Library's open-source Homework App for your school or library with Shauntee Burns
- Teen Spaces: Engaging the energy and input of teens for affordable Teen Spaces with Kathie Weinberg. Planning and implementing purposeful Teen Spaces with Kim Bolan Cullin
- Capstone: Harnessing the power of Youth Participation with Linda Braun
Ticketed event.
$89 for student members, $129 for all others. Handouts, certificate of completion, a free copy of Get Connected and refreshments are included. This event counts as four contact hours for your continuing education. Attendees who wish to receive a certificate for their records can email Eve Gaus at email@example.com after the event. You do not need to register for ALA's Midwinter Meeting to attend this YALSA institute.
YALSA Research Forum: What's Next for YA?
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Dallas Convention Center, room D225
YALSA Research Forum: What's Next for YA? – YALSA revealed its new Research Agenda in October, with four priority areas: 1) Impact of Libraries on YAs, 2) YAs and Reading, 3) Information Seeking Behaviors and Needs of YAs and 4) Informal and Formal Learning Environments and YAs. Join in on this discussion to explore what directions research might take in the next few years and how you might participate. Facilitated by Sandy Sumner, YALSA Research Committee Member.
YA Lit Trivia Night FUNdraiser
8:00 to 10:00pm, Omni, Dallas B room
Think you know all there is to know about young adult literature and YALSA's book awards and book lists? Then come show off your knowledge at this event! Cash bar and light refreshments. Donations will be collected at the event for YALSA's Leadership Endowment, which will fund future leadership-focused efforts, such as student scholarships, mentoring programs, leadership institutes and more. You do not need to register for ALA's Midwinter Meeting to attend this event.
Do you have a team? If so, please list your team name, along with team members, here! (Teams of ten will have reserved seating at the event). 1). Team Name: Judy and the Blooms. Members: Janssen Bradshaw, Sophie Brookover, Liz Burns, Sondy Ecklund, Kelly Jensen, Abby Johnson, Angie Manfredi, Becca Sexton, Katie Salo, Whitney Winn
2). Team Name: YALSA Blogger Trivia Team of Awesome Badassery. Members: Gretchen Kolderup, mk Eagle, Jessica Pryde, Sharon Rawlins, Krista McKenzie, L. Lee Butler, Sarah Ludwig
YALSA Events at the Midwinter Meeting
- TTW QR Code Scavenger Hunt Win a fabulous YALSA prize package by being the first to complete the Teen Tech Week QR Code Scavenger Hunt! Participants will visit locations both in person and online throughout ALA Midwinter. Solve the clues, find the codes, and scan them into your phone's QR code reader (visit this page for recommended apps for various platforms). If you can scan all the codes, you may win an assortment of YALSA goodies. To participate, visit the Teen Tech Week website starting Friday, January 20th. (For more information on QR codes, visit the Wikipedia page on the subject). Thanks to the Teen Tech Week sponsors for helping make the scavenger hunt possible. Good luck!
Saturday, January 21
- Selection Committee Chair Leadership Development Saturday 8AM to 10AM. Adolphus Hotel, Century ballroom A. This is a leadership training session for YALSA's Selection & Award Committee Chairs. All current and out-going Selection & Award Committee Chairs are expected to attend. In-coming Selection & Award Committee Chairs are welcome to attend, but are not required to do so. Directors on YALSA's Board are also expected to attend. Never been a Selection or Award Committee Chair, but thinking about being one? Come to this event to learn the leadership basics for these particular types of committees. A continental breakfast will be served from 8:00 to 8:30.
- YALSA 201 Saturday 9AM - 10AM. Adolphus Hotel, Century Ballroom B. Are you a YALSA member who's familiar with the basic programs, services and opportunities that the organization has to offer? Are you interested in becoming more involved in the association or are you ready to step up to a leadership position? If so, this event is designed for you! Come learn how to be more involved!
- YALSA Groups Work Session Saturday 10AM - 12:00 PM. Adolphus, Century Ballroom A. This is a working meeting for YALSA's Process Committees, Juries and Taskforces who opt to participate. Not on a committee or other member group? Stop on by and learn what it's all about. Individuals who are not serving on a member group, but who want to learn about them are welcome to choose a member group and sit in on their meeting. A continental breakfast will be served from 10:00 to 10:30.
- YALSA Trends in YA Presentation: Saturday 4:00 - 5:30PM. Dallas Convention Center, room C141. Hosted by YALSA Past Presidents and co-sponsored by the Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) Advisory Committee. This event will feature a paper presentation from Jeanie Austin called "Critical Issues in Juvenile Detention Center Libraries." The paper will explore the tensions present in juvenile detention center library services (such as institutional limitations and access to technologies) and how youth and librarians can and do navigate these tensions within the library setting. Ms. Austin is a Certificate of Advanced Study student at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- YALSA Happy Hour: Saturday 5:30 - 7PM. Iron Cactus Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar, 1520 Main Street, Dallas, TX. Cash bar and door prizes. Everyone welcome! Come relax and mingle with fellow librarians, library workers and teen advocates.
Sunday, January 22
- Celebrate Teen Tech Week with a Hack Jam: 8:00 - 10:00AM. Dallas Convention Center, room D172. Want to know about a great new way to introduce some next generation tech programming into your library, with a minimal demand on staff? Then participate in this hands-on event to learn how to implement Hackasaurus activities with your teens. Demos will be presented by representatives from the Mozilla Foundation, New York Public Library and local teens from Dallas Public Library, then attendees will get hands-on practice. If you plan on attending, please be sure to bring your laptop (an iPad won't do) and confirm that it's running either Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer 9. Attendees will also receive a free Library Hacktivity Kit.
- Coffee with the Candidates: 11:00 - noon. Dallas Convention Center, room C146. Meet and mingle with the candidates who are on the ballot for the 2012 election, including President-Elect, Division Councilor and Board of Directors at Large. Candidates will have the opportunity to talk about why they want to serve on YALSA's Board of Directors and attendees will have the chance to mingle with the candidates and ask questions. Light refreshments and door prizes.
- Best Fiction for Young Adults Teen Session: 1:30 - 3:30. Dallas Convention Center, room C147/154. Come hear local Dallas area teens talk about their favorite picks for the 2012 BFYA list.
- Discussion Forum: Answering the Young Adult Reference Question – Making Connections that Matter (RUSA RSS/YALSA): 4:00 - 5:30. Dallas Convention Center, room A304. Join Rutgers University's Marie Radford and RUSA RSS past chair Joe Thompson to participate in a discussion about the dynamics of negotiating reference questions with Young Adults face-to-face and via various technologies. Open to all ALA attendees. We will also continue the planning for a joint interest group between YALSA and the Reference and User Services Association's Reference Services Section that will focus on Young Adult Reference Services. Sponsored by the RSS Marketing and Public Relations Committee and cosponsored by YALSA.
Monday, January 23
The year's best books & media for teens are announced at the ALA Youth Media Awards Press Conference, from 7:45-9:15 AM (pacific) Monday morning, Dallas Convention Center Ballroom A-D. The award announcement will be broadcast live online. Or you can be there in person to find out who wins YALSA's:
- thirteenth annual Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature
- twenty fourth Edwards Award for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature
- fifteenth Alex Awards, honoring the top ten adult books with teen appeal
- fifth annual Odyssey Award for excellence in audiobook production for youth
- fourth annual Morris Award for the best book by a first time YA author
- third annual YA Nonfiction Award
Can't make it? Watch the event live via a webcast from the ALA home page or follow along on Twitter at @alayma.
- Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Presentation from 10:30 AM to noon. Omni, Dallas E room.
Come to this free event and help YALSA celebrate the 2012 honorees and winners for the Morris Award and YA Nonfiction Award! Enjoy coffee, tea and danish and listen to the winners and finalists speak about their honored titles. After the speeches, mingle with the authors and pick up free copies of their books. The Morris finalists and Nonfiction finalists will be announced the first week of December.
- Joint Youth Division Member Reception from 6:00PM to 7:30 PM. Adolphus, Century Ballroom. Come here to unwind, mingle with peers and enjoy light hors d'oevres as well as a cash bar.
Other Events of Interest
- 2012 Forum on Library Education from 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. on Friday. The ALA Committee on Education and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) will present the forum on a topic TBD.
- Break-out Session on Ensuring Access to and Use of Digital Collections on Saturday from 10:30- 12:00pm, in the convention center room C148. Hosted by ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy.
- Forum on E-books and Libraries, Saturday from 1:30- 3:30pm, in the convention center room C146. Hosted by ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy.
- ALA/JobLIST Placement Center Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the convention center. There will be an orientation on Saturday, January 8, 8:30 a.m. the Placement Center. Job seekers should register and search for jobs on the JobLIST website at http://joblist.ala.org. All services are free to job seekers. Registration is not required, but is recommended. Registration allows registered employers access to your resume information. It will also allow for direct communication between job seekers and employers.
- Meet the ALA Presidential Candidates' from 6:00 to 7:30 on Sunday. Attend this session to meet the candidates running for ALA President-Elect.
- ALA Council/Executive Board/Membership Information Meeting from 9-10AM on Sunday. This meeting is a chance for ALA leaders to hear concerns and issues from any conference attendee who has something to share.
- ASCLA Youth Consultants' Interest Group Meeting from 4:00 to 5:30 on Sunday in room A112 of the convention center. The purpose of this interest group is to allow each state's Youth Services Consultant or staff member responsible for working with youth services to keep abreast of topics of interest to the group and to the constituents they serve in their states.
- Youth Council Caucus Meeting from 9-10AM on Monday. This meeting is open to all registered conference attendees. Come and meet the ALA Councilors who are members of AASL, ALSC and YALSA and learn about how youth issues are brought forward in ALA Council.
- ALA Executive Board Candidates' Forum, from 12:30 to 1:30PM on Monday. Attend this session to learn about the candidates running for ALA's Executive Board.
- Think Fit @ ALA: 5K Fun Run and Walk, Saturday 7am. This event is open to all conference attendees. Register on the Midwinter site under 'ticketed events' for ALA.
YALSA Governance at Conference
YALSA's Board of Directors has three meetings at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Board meetings are open meetings and any individual who is registered for the conference may sit in on the meetings. The first 10 minutes of each meeting are set aside for visitors and board members to use as an 'open forum' where anyone can share information, ask questions, etc. The meeting schedule is as follows:
- Board of Directors Meeting I, Saturday January 21, 1:30 to 5:30, convention center room C143
- Board of Directors Meeting II, Sunday January 22, 4:00 to 5:30, convention center room C143
- Board of Directors Meeting III, Monday January 23, 1:30 to 3:30, convention center room C143
The Board agenda and documents are finalized two weeks prior to the conference and posted online. Anyone interested in viewing the agenda for the Board meeting, as well as the documents that accompany the agenda items, may view or download them from the Governance section of the YALSA web site. To learn about past Board meetings and actions, visit the Governance page on YALSA's web site to read the minutes from past meetings. If you have questions about governance matters or anything related to the Board of Directors, please feel free to contact YALSA'sPresident, or Beth Yoke. To stay up to date on the latest governance and Board issues, check out YALSA's blog. The President will post regular updates during and after the Midwinter Meeting.
YALSA in the Exhibits
- Visit YALSA at the ALA booth # 1929 to get your YALSA swag and to purchase your 2012 Printz Award Calendar (all proceeds go to Friends of YALSA). Exhibit hours are:
- Friday, January 20 — 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Saturday, January 21 — 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Sunday, January 22 — 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Monday, January 23 — 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
- Participate in YALSA's 2012 Teen Tech Week Scavenger Hunt by visiting official TTW Partners and other venues


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Monday, November 9, 2009
How Do You Get Your Sewing Groove Back?
The mood in the sewing room this weekend was scattered and cranky. I thought I would breeze though my Peter Pan collar version of the bow-tied blouse on Saturday, and then cut out my coat muslin on Sunday. But I kept messing things up: my buttonholes were inconsistent, I ironed the wrong side of a fusible interfacing, burned my thumb, and everything I did looked off. But the most disturbing thing was just a general feeling of sewing malaise: I wasn't enjoying myself. Both Saturday and Sunday, I ended up putting down my projects in despair and lying down for a nap so I could try to shake off my bad mojo.
I know that loss of mojo is just a part of the sewing life . . . or any creative life, for that matter. Usually the best thing to cure it for me is a few good nights' sleep, and the simple passage of time. But I started to wonder if there was a way to break through it more quickly or less painfully.
How do you handle this? Do you have tips for getting your groove back?
P.S. Don't forget to send in your entries for the Most Awesomely Bad Pattern EVER contest! The deadline is the end of the end of the day on this Friday, 11/13.
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This sounds like me when my period is due! Everything goes wrong and I normally end up frustrated and in teras. I find waiting a week or two helps tremendously.
I've never really sewn clothes but I love your blog and was thinking of giving it a go. I was wondering if you have a pattern that is for 'stretch knits' only can you use other fabric but with a bigger size?Oh I had those moments. Usually, it strikes me after making a long pause in sewing (like I've done these days), or when I sew solely because I have nothing better to do.
Sometimes anticipate the coming disaster before it happens, and sometimes I don't. Ah well, I'm only a human, and humans make mistakes!
Anyway, when one of these moments happens, I become a bit intimidated by sewing. Then I usually kill my fear by sewing an easy project.- AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 8:35 AM
I've been in the same boat this weekend too! I couldn't be bothered to do all the alterations I needed on a simple knit top yesterday which I usually love to do. I knew I was in trouble when I was lamenting my petite frame and all the extra work I have to do on patterns because of it.
When this happens, I just walk away from the project, play video games with my husband or just make a simple no fuss, no measure, brainless project like a purse or some handwork with yoyos.
That or I go and chop lots of vegetables. I think it sounds bad that I find the steady chopping of a really big knife through carrots soothing but it is to me. Whenever I get frustrated like that I just go back to a "tried and true" pattern, one that I have made before, that is guaranteed good results, all the alterations are already made, I don't even need to look at the instructions, and just whip out something for instant gratification that I can wear immediately. That usually gets me back on track to tackle a project that I have had "the poo touch" on (you know, where everything you touch turns to poo. Kind of like the Midas touch, but...not).
ReplyDeleteThis hasn't happened to me with sewing so much, because I don't get that much time to sew anyway so it generally comes as a treat. But when I lost my knitting mojo for a while recently, I got it back by falling in love with an absolutely gorgeous pattern. I didn't even buy it or the yarn or start to think about making it, but I guess it reminded me of the wonderful things you can knit, and I suddenly wanted to go back and pick up my hibernating projects again. So I would suggest that you go looking for a pattern or a fabric that inspires you and makes you fall in love with sewing all over again, then go back to the things you're already working on. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteWhen this happens to me, I try to embrace the time off from sewing/crafting by searching for new inspirations. For example: new magazines, museums, books, my children's drawings, other's blogs. I keep notes of things I liked or enjoyed, add to my project "to do" list and then wait for that mojo spark to make an appearance. It ALWAYS does.
ReplyDeleteGertie, I've had a draft of an email to you on a similar subject sitting in my gmail for oh, a week now.
I'm a beginner sewist (extremely beginner) and I'm trying to figure out how to push past the failures, the flaws, everything looking "off". I want to do this. I know I can do this (eventually). But when I complete a project marked as "sew easy" or "beginner" and I've got misaligned seams or wonky linings or just that amateur air to it, I get discouraged. What do I do? Walk away for a day until the itch comes back? Push through and force myself to problem solve? I don't know. The only thing I do know is this: little sips of port wine make a frustrating session a lot easier to handle.A while a ago I came home excited about a dress i was sewing and worked on it for a couple of hours before I noticed that we had been broken in too.
Everyone who has been broken in to knows how crushing it can be.
That dress and I havent talked since and I haven't talked since and I haven't sewn much at all. So when you find out how to fix it let me know.- AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 9:40 AM
Uh..Gertie...YOU were my inspiration! Oh dear. ;) Don't worry, your mojo is sitting on the beach somewhere enjoying a drink with an umbrella in it! Join her and relax, all vacations have to end! She'll come back when she's had a rest.
ReplyDelete - fashiontrampNovember 9, 2009 at 9:40 AM
When I get frazzled or butterfingery I like to stop and look at all my patterns, fabric and trims and, essentially daydream about all the things I could make. Maybe think about that basic fabric in a whole new way or putting that fancy trim on this vintage pattern. I find it both relaxing and energizing to give myself the time to daydream about sewing but without the expectation of having to make it.
ReplyDelete - CarlottaNovember 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I think I loose it when my projects and wardrobe suddenly just seem to be a big bunch of fabric. That's what it is, of course, but it's also so much more! Then I try to remember why clothes are important to me, and it gets somehow better (it may take long). Putting my stash in order (it usually isn't) helps, sometimes...
ReplyDelete - elizabetheNovember 9, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Hi Gertie,
Well, what you're describing to me sounds like what happens to me (and not just in sewing) when I a. underestimate (or overestimate) how long it will take to do things or b. insist on working on a project I feel like I "should" finish instead of something I really want to do. Either way I feel slightly stressed and in a hurry and make bad mistakes.
It sounds like you were rarin' to go and excited about the projects. But breezing through a blouse with a just acquired skill and then cutting out a new coat muslin for a project that will require new skills and that you have high hopes for the next day, come on Gertie, that's a lot of pressure!
Just finish your blouse with the loving care you gave the first version and then when you're done plan the cutting for the coat. Or else admit to yourself that you really want to get to the coat and get to the coat! - Kathi GNovember 9, 2009 at 10:31 AM
I know how you feel. I had a bad sewing day on Friday. I usually stand by my 3 strikes and I'm out rule.
Once 3 things go wrong in the sewing room I shut it down and walk away. My third sewing mishap on Friday was huge. I put a cup of tea (stupid, I know) onto my ironing board. Only I missed by about an inch. The cup spilled half on my ironing board and project and half on the floor. Luckily the dog bed in the corner by the ironing board was empty. I wanted to cry.
I usual walk away and wait it out. My mojo always comes back and when it does sewing is so much easier. Don't fight it. Sewing when your not in the mood never works out. I think it's very common to lose the mojo when working on complicated, time-consuming projects, one after another. It's probably good to throw those quick, easy, fun and tried-and-true projects in there in between all of the hard stuff, so they aren't back-to-back.
I like to get a cup tea, (you could substitute coffee, wine, whatever) and curl up on my big chair and look over my patterns, sewing magazines, etc., and dream of me wearing them, basically, get inspired.
Then I'll go and organize my sewing stuff and handle and rearrange my fabric and start dreaming again as I lovingly fold each one.
And what do you know? It usually doesn't take long.
I wish that would work with ironing as handle my husband's shirts. That would make would make him very happy. But no matter how many times I handle his shirts, I just can't seem to find the ironing mojo. But give me a piece of fabric, and all of a sudden, I love ironing!This happened to me, last week the week before, and then it seemed to come back but i think it left half of itself still on the beach to flirt with the cabana boy. I have been working on this project for a month and it is becoming extremely tedious. Everything seems to take twice as long. I think working on a quick, sure to please project is a good idea or play around a bit with something new and fun like embroidery (and it can be small and quick too) Lately I have enjoyed obsessively looking at vintage patterns and planning my new wardrobe (which I will eventually sew i think) or when it gets really bad I shut down and watch Mad Men or a good costume drama and just chill out or work on knitting my hat which is going much faster than anything i am sewing! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteWhat?!? Gertie is human? ;)I am amazed at how prolific a sewer you are. I am still in awe despite you having a bad sewing day. When this happens to me, I like to take a one-day sewing class at Stitch Lab, my local craft-class center in Austin. Being around other people working through projects helps. I always learn some new tricks from the experts. And being around all the bright pretty colors of the shop doesn't hurt. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew.
But don't worry, looking at how prolific and speedy you've been in the past I think it's only natural you need a little break. I expect you'd been on a "sew a little bit or a lot every night" plan. Unless it lasts weeks like it does with me I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Though you could take this time to write up that handy crinoline/petticoat tutorial though? Just a suggestion...hint, hint. ;)This happens to me when I least expect it. This summer I was making dresses and feeling good and then nothing...I was so confused!Things were going so well.
I just stepped away for a little bit and it came back just like the good ole times!
Best of luck! You will be right back at it very soon. And you can't just keep us hanging!Ah, I too have lost my mojo this week. Was making a top with a deadline of a wedding, then found out I wasn't going to the wedding and my top is a deflated pile of bamboo and pins.
Usually I give myself a few days off, and then go fondle my stash, or my elastics collection. That soothes my woes and caresses my textile third eye enough to get going again.You actually do a lot, a little burn-out maybe ? Sewing holidays ?
I know that, as soon as I feel compelled to do something, I lose all interest in it. The key is to keep thinks funny and, above all, free.
Plus, I always have a huge pile of books to read, yarn to knit, movies to watch, short stories to write ... So if I don't feel like sewing, I don't sew, it's OK :)"How Do You Get Your Sewing Groove Back?" When this happens to me, like today and this weekend. I love to catch up on all of my favorite sewing blogs, like yours. You are such an inspiring!
Also I like to go through all my sewing patterns and pick out all the ones I have yet to make and day dream about the outfit. This always seems to do the trick and who can resist a new project.
Everything you make is so well done and adorable as all heck, your choice of patterns, fabrics and colors plus your lovely style is what draws me in to your blog and keeps me coming back for more.
♥Darla- TiffanyNovember 9, 2009 at 3:35 PM
I hear you loud and clear!! I always turn to a tried and true pattern that I love and don't have to alter or think about too much. Something that gets my sewing confidence high. sometimes it is a great pair of pants and sometimes it is a new hand bag, sometimes it is something super sweet for one of my kiddo's. Don't try anything that is going to tick you off! think happy thoughts! :)
ReplyDelete - Twill JillNovember 9, 2009 at 4:19 PM
When I'm in the sewing zone, so to speak, the thing I neglect is keeping the sewing room orderly. So when I lose my mojo but still want to "sew" I clean up my sewing room. Unearthing half done projects, finding a new pattern I forgot to try out, or a great piece of fabric I forgot I bought is usually enough to get my juices flowing again.
ReplyDelete When I lose my mojo for sewing, which is quite easy, as I am an impatient sewer... I have to walk away. Frustration and problems just tend to give me more frustration and problems. I leave the whole debacle and get some clear space in my head, and then I can get back to it again later on.
I just LOVE what you are achieving!I have thought about this a lot. This is a good article about the state of mind you want with a few suggestions embedded in it that you might be able to apply to your situation.
I've got to be careful about not making sewing into a work assignment or piling on too many perfectionist goals.( But I do need SOME perfectionist goals to be happy.) I am still working on it--in kind of a blue funk just now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)I don't know a specific way, necessarily, to get the mojo back... sometimes I just wait it out til I feel like going back to sewing. Sometimes I force myself to sew because I need to get something done and then get into the groove.
Right now I have the opposite problem... I'm totally wanting to sew but have to force myself to - ugh - write a cover letter. BLAH. My fuschia lambswool pencil skirt is way more fun.Aw... My sewing mojo has periods of playing hard to get too! :p You're so right: those of us that have creative pursuits tend to be plauged by this, and it's a sad part of the artistic life.
Anyway, I sometimes have a harder time than others shaking it off, but here are a few things I usually do to try and get back in the groove:
- Take a break. I find that after I go for weeks, months, etc. sewing/creating, I burn out. The frenzy just finally gets to me, and the loss of creative drive is just a way for my mind/body to tell me to give it a rest. Let it recoup! So, those are the weekends/weeks that I just give myself permission to not do a whole lot creative. Sometimes it's hard to convince myself that it's alright not to be doing though. ;)
- Find some little projects you've been itching to tackle. Usually I have a mental "wish list" of small projects that I want to try or ideas that have inspired me (like the little, black felt hat I made a couple months ago), but don't have time to do normally. During the times when I just don't feel up to the big, must-turn-out-right projects, I pick up something that is more play and exploration than anything else. If it works, great. If not, I still had fun figuring out how to do it!
- Gather inspiration. These are the times I go through my massive picture folders on my computer, sketch ideas, watch old movies that are visually inspiring, rearrange my inspiration board, etc. I call this "quite creativity" because it really doesn't involve much active doing so much as gathering and refilling those inspiration banks to get me started again.
- Re-reading my sewing manuals. Crazy, but true. I find that sometimes when I've had a huge whack! to my sewing confidence, going back and reading a sewing book will either tell me that I've been doing it right all along (and it was just the sewing gremlins that got to a project), or inspire me to redouble my effort to try again.
Anyway, those are just the things I do. This past year I've had large periods (months) of not feeling up to doing anything creative. It's taken a lot of talking, tears (unfortunately), and just chipping away at the malaise to get back in the groove. Although I dearly hope you aren't in the same boat right now (as far as being stuck for months! I wish that on no one!!! :p), I am sending you lots of good thoughts and wishes that your mojo will come back. ;)
♥ Casey
blog | elegantmusings.comHello Gertie,
This post made me laugh because I lost my sewing mojo for a very long time, 20 years in fact! I used to make all of my own clothes and then I lost my mojo, I was inspired to find it again after seeing your blog and could not wait to get sewing again. I am now making a summer dress and it looks lovely so far, although I have had to read up on how to make garments fit better because I am a little bit larger than I was all those years ago, I am now an English size 12, I used to be a size 8!
I am hoping to start a sewing blog soon!
I love your blog, I am sure it will help me with my new sewing projects.
Kind regards
Lynn BI know this post is several years old but I'm glad to read it. I'm an extremely ambitous person and I'm constantly pushing myself -my sewing life is no exception. inevitbly this means I fall short ALoT. I also tend to compare myself to people who's work i enjoy and am hard on myself when i dont seem to live up. It's nice to see that you arent churning out new things every day like it ain't no thang. It encourages me t not get discouraged in both sewing and blogging.


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