Changing your environment gives you new ideas.
I work from home, my kids are here, the dog, the fish with the creepy eyes...always here, I like our snail...the dishes, the laundry, cooking dinners, the daily grind...Physically leaving this place is what I need to recharge my batteries.
I don’t think I truly understood that about myself until about a month ago.
Beginning of June, I took some unplanned time off. I attended a funeral in Florida. I’m from Florida, most of my family lives there. Myself and my kids flew to FL (flying alone with 2 kids sucks), (summer is a busy time for my husband, he’s a fish farmer, lots of fishes are making babies and such)...
Anyway, I assumed after the funeral, my kids could get their grandparent time on...hit the pool...beach...Publix...Greek Food...NY Style Pizza….drink some local craft beer….Key Lime Pie...ya know...FL it up.
So, we did some of that. The funeral was very sad, but it was nice to see my family, it was too long...plus sunshine and Florida rain is my favorite.
However, during the trip, my kids, my parents, my brother, his wife and child...all got super sick! I did NOT get sick. Yay for hand washing and NOT sharing food or drinks EVER!!!
So taking care of gross sick family members is NOT my idea of a vacation, but I did stay in Florida longer than expected, I did have some me time, some down time, reflection time, and I was removed from my office, my home, even the state of Idaho. I was in a different time zone for goodness sake.
Eventually, everyone felt better, and we hit the pool again.
During that down time: I listened to the local TV channels, paid attention to the commercials in between SpongeBob and LifeTime...I remembered that Bright House Networks is a thing…. So when I had a free moment, I looked up some of the people in the Tampa, FL area and said hello. I even had a random, real story to tell them about.
For me, removing myself from my usual surroundings allows my brain to come up with new ideas. Heck, that experience helped me create this podcast. New inputs, new environments - They recharge my brain, give me new ideas, allow me to look at the same old problems in a different way.
So if you need a new look at the same old problems, trying new inputs...try a vacation...like a real one though...and wash your hands.
Speaking of real vacations, I’m taking one: July - I’m going to Yellowstone with my family! Get a heads up on my studio book out dates, join my email community at: https://www.kellywilsonvo.com/subscribe 
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