I've kept watch through more quiet nights than I can count, walking the same halls, checking the same doors. The whole job is being ready for something. But mostly that something never comes, and I sit with the strange weight of a career spent braced for an emergency that rarely arrives.
More people experience this than they realize.
You spend your working life braced for something that almost never comes.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.