#26 The Inspection Station

This year, I'm going to spend 31 days writing about places. In my profession, I talk about place-based writing quite a bit. I frame it like this when I share: We believe in the power of including spaces in the process of writing. Place-based writing is the concept that the place where we write may influence our thinking, impacting the writer’s perspective, engagement, ownership, and/or purpose. I'm really jazzed up, thinking about where I will spend time as a writer in 31 different spaces this month and how I can use each post to share a little slice of my day. 

Today, the inspection station.

My plates are due... in like a few days. So, here I sit at my local inspection station waiting for my emissions test. And what I can't stop thinking about, is how sometimes places force us to be bored.

What is it about being human that makes us hate being bored?  If I had nothing to do at home, I'd be grateful!  But not here.

Anyway, a good dose of time to do nothing is what this place brings me today, and perhaps I should be grateful.  I read a book called Bored and Brilliant once that was actually pretty good.

Love when the universe sends you reminders.