Sometimes boring is just, well, boring.

Sometimes those things that are easy, that don't require a lot of thought or problem solving work are boring but fun, somewhat mindless and a relief. Like solving a beginner crossword puzzle.  Sometimes, boring is just boring. 

After spending the better part of 3 days driving across the prairies of the upper US and Canada, I have seen boring.  It exists, in physical form, along a highway that runs through the same small town, over and over again, like a episode from the Twilight Zone.  But during this time, I began to wonder if my library, like this vast plain, was easy and becoming somewhat mindless and, well, boring. 

As the person who runs a small business, who is the sparkplug for what happens and how it happens, we sometimes look for the simple. Sometimes because we need to, and sometimes because it's easy.  We work on decluttlering, simplifying and making things easy. These are the new buzz words.  But remember that some things cannot be easy, they require work.  The best things in life may be free, but they are seldom easy.  Allow those things that can and should "run on autopilot" to do so, but don't let yourself get sucked into the belief that easy is always best.  Sometimes boring is, well, boring.