Simplicity

In today's world you cannot be indecisive. If you are, you are pretty much screwed. I cannot even comprehend how my elders must feel with all of these added decisions that one must make. On my way to the grocery store today my mother in law threw in a simple request and asked if I could pick her up some butter. Something as simple as butter is a complex request. It could mean REAL butter, margarine, fake butter, half fat butter, lite butter, low fat, 1/3 less fat, whipped, churned, spreadable extra calcium, unsalted, salted..and then you have to know what size and form...Stick? Tub?
Block? Squeeze? Spray?
She saved me by making the wheels in my head stop turning and said, "Just get me regular Country Crock, medium size" whew...that was a close one!
It did get me thinking about how many complex decisions we have to make on a daily basis in today's world. Things (obviously) are not simple anymore and as time goes by we are dealt with more and more decision making that has to be done with more than just groceries.
I am probably one of the very few people who does not like all of these extra choices that we have to make in life. I like things simple and easy..basic. Life is stressful enough, why do they have to take one item and serve it up a hundred different ways?
One of my favorite gripes: Subway. I do believe that I am the only person in existence that still orders Subway Subs the old fashioned way: White, American Cheese, NOT toasted, salt pepper and oil. BAM! There you have it...every time I go there I'm embarrassed to order such a "basic" sub. Everyone else is getting Parmesan Herb Encrusted Subs toasted with Provolone cheeses and adding some crazy sauce to it...not to mention what's inside the sub: Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki????  No thanks. Me? I just order Ham...or Tuna.
I think I must have an old soul. I'm always longing for things to just be simple again. I'm not talking simple as in when Subway only had 2 types of breads or the cereal aisle took up only half of one side...I'm talking simple as in small groceries, tiny mom and pop stores with the only decisions of what you need. Kind of like Oleson's Mercantile General Store on Little House on the Prairie.