Thomil's Random Ramblings

Recently, I’ve found myself without a job for the first time since 2016 after I had to leave a job of five and a half years for health reasons. Turns out that there is such a thing as too much of a good thing and I ended up getting a lot closer to a full burnout than I ever wanted. Recovery has taken a lot longer than expected, and so I regularly find myself with a lot more time on my hands than I expected. With money being as tight as you’d expect for someone on benefits, I started looking around for a place to get away from my flat that wouldn’t break the already overtaxed bank. Enter Cork’s libraries. I’m a big fan of public libraries in general, I think they’re one of our society’s greatest assets. Having a place where you can simply walk in, sit down and start reading, without any expectation of consumption or spending money is simply incredible. And that’s just libraries in general. Given that I’m in Cork, Ireland’s second city, home to two major universities and the workplace of...