Today's Destiny Card is Spontaneity.
I've been called lots of things but spontaneous is not one of them.
I like routine. And being thrown from my routine can make me feel a bit uncomfortable.
That said - I'm willing to work on this!
I have four days of work left before I have two and a half weeks of leave. I am now promising that when I am on leave, I will not develop a routine. I will not feel uncomfortable if for some reason I miss going for a walk during the day, or wake up at a different time, or do something unplanned. I promise to go with the flow!
We constantly talk about how it is good for libraries to have a similar "look" or layout to them so that once one person has worked out how one library works, they can go into another and not have to re-learn how it works. It's a consistent approach.
But I think you will agree that libraries need a degree of spontaneity.
We need something that sets us apart from an everyday visit to the library. Not just a new service being offered or a unique program, but something spontaneous that brings an element of surprise and jolts a library user into thinking that it might be great to come back into the library in case something spontaneous happens again.
I have to admit I'm a bit low on ideas for this one or how it would work (being a routine person and all) - but feel free to share some spontaneous ideas you might have.
I mean maybe we can expand on what we do on Library Lovers Day and on different days offer a book wrapped in brown paper (no not a naughty book) along with a borrowers other books to allow them a spontaneous read.
Or maybe we decide on a beautiful sunny day to take storytime outside without planning for it.
Anyway, you can see my lack of spontaneity is holding me back in coming up with ideas. But I would love for people to share their ideas!!
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