There are a million and one things to like about travel, but one of the things I like best is that it forces me to break out of my routine on a daily…hell, hourly basis.  I’m realizing that back here in L.A. it is very easy for me to slip into a comfortable routine and then rarely deviate from it.  Its not a bad thing to do that for a while, especially if it serves a purpose, but it can also be a bit mind numbing and tedious. Creativity seems to slow down and the desire to break out of that routine becomes less and less over time.

These days I’m feeling that desire to get out of dodge more and more often. Things in my personal and professional life are not really moving in the direction I want and my internal gypsy can’t help but feel that its a great time to step away for a little bit. Not necessarily another 5 months stint…maybe just a week or a few days.

Some people may call this running away or problem avoidance, but I rarely find myself in a good place when I let myself worry about what “some people” say.  Perhaps running away is one way of looking at it. Another way to look at it is as a necessary perspective change.

Yesterday on a photo excursion, I was reminded that sometimes a problem photograph can be fixed with some tweaks to the camera’s setting.  Other times you can play with the camera all you want, but really the easiest and best answer is to take a few steps to the left or the right.  Those steps, that movement, is all the change you need to see things in a different perspective.

If I shift my position a little to get a better photo, no one says “You gave up on the picture”.  So if I take off to a different location, that does not mean I gave up on finding solutions to my problems, it just means I’m looking at them from a different perspective.

I don’t have a flight ticket in my hand yet…but I’m working on it.