The spreadsheet says one thing and the mission says another, and today they can't both win. Every dollar I move toward keeping us solvent is a dollar pulled from someone's care, and every dollar I protect for care threatens whether we survive at all. It feels like whichever way I turn, I'm betraying something I swore to serve.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're torn between the mission of care and the budget, feeling that serving one betrays the other.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.