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When professional discretion becomes emotional isolation

I have been the bookkeeper for small businesses in this town for sixteen years and I know every family's financial secrets and struggles and I carry all their trust with no one to share it with.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Work that requires confidentiality can create profound loneliness despite intimate knowledge of community life.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Work as legacy — when the work outlasts you?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.