Bulls, Boys, and Blessings — Rural Revival
Self Checkout
Julia Jacobsen customer service customers Rural Revival self checkout shop small small small town
I grab the items I need and see the only available check out is self-checkout. I despise self-checkout. We run a few small businesses and even if a wish granting fairy gave me free self-checkout kiosks with all the money, space and training to operate them I would kindly say “no thank you”. In a world where many of us are burning the wicks until they meet in the middle, I desperately need those moments in a checkout line to just breath. It gives me a tiny space where decisions are not being made. It can literally be where I let my shoulders down, roll my neck and take a deep breath.
Flame Sparkers and Flame Snuffers
Julia Jacobsen Growing Small Towns Hungry Canyon Rural Revival
I thanked them for the comment, and it struck me that I don’t FEEL inspirational BUT I do look for inspiration like it’s a second job. I feel inspired by others often because I ACTIVELY seek inspiration. I do this to counter the opposite feelings of being uninspired, dull, lacking, depressing. Those are all valid feelings and there is a time and place for them, but you can’t linger there for long.