Awareness

A few months ago while the weather was still subzero, I made a crazy decision to go and buy a new to me (used) car.  Ever since I brought my 2010 Chevy Equinox home, on any given day, I spot at least 5+ models of this SUV every day on my daily drives around Cbus (that's Columbus for those of you who don't know Ohio lingo).  It is amazing how much more aware I have become off how many other people own this vehicle since I got one myself.  I never used to pick out an Equinox from a line of cars.

I have found the same goes with my love of history and abandoned places.  Ever since my fascination and desire to find these places has taken off, I now am far more aware of when I drive by an old one room schoolhouse, or when I see a lowly old farmhouse sitting abandoned in the middle of an open field.  All of the sudden I have realized that I drive by three abandoned places each day to and from work, and countless other old homes still being lived in. 

I guess it most certainly true that when you change something about your environment or routine, you really start to notice and take observance of things you never did before.