Going out without a plan

Do you ever just go to some random place in your area with just a rough plan and then see what happens from there?

I do this quite often, at least twice a month. If I'm free, I don't usually try to fill my schedule and spend every minute with friends or activities. I'd rather let my inspiration fill up the day.

Sometimes I will pick a certain person or shop I want to go visit, or more likely I'll have 3 or 4 in mind and I'll pick one on the way. Then maybe I'll message a friend or two and say I'm in that area doing this or that and see if they are interested in joining. If not, no problem.

This way of playing can be a bit tricky when everyone is so busy and the city is so big, but I generally have two areas I like to spend my time because people are a bit more free, there are more artists, more going on, but not extre.ely commercial.

I find that when I have high expectations, or any expectations for that matter, the day is usually overwhelming. When I have absolutely none, my day is dynamic and fun and full of happy surprises.

I went to my old neighborhood where I used to live two days ago and just had the idea that i wanted to visit a resteraunt I hadn't been in 6 years. Organic food grown in a farm outside of the city by the community connected to the shop. Good stuff!

Turns out the manager is also into eastern medicine and qi and self healing and we are going to meet next week and share some experience and tips. While I was at the shop an old friend who i hadn't seen in just as long, six years, happened to be eating there for the first time in two years. Perfect timing.

I walked down some side streets and ended up talking to some hair stylist because I was interested in the old building her shop was in. I took off my hat and said "sorry no hair" and we chatted for a good 10 minutes about the town. That's not really normal in this city, but if you are friendly and smile it happens sometimes.

I decided to visit the resteraunt I go to most often to pay off a tab i had built up and it turned out they were having a ukelele lesson there. I sat and chatted with the bosses husband for half an hour which was nice because I never got to know him as well as I know his wife.

Then I went out for another wander and this guy down the block was standing on the corner. He nodded at me, once again, not common here. I asked him what he was doing just standing there. He said he just opened a bar and he's usually really free from 7-9 pm. I asked if I could check it out and ordered some Gapao rice. We hit it off right away, and had some very similar experiences which is very unlikely and he shared some really awesome places with me that I'll have to check out. Later his two partners came and it turns out I knew one of them. She ran my favorite 4 seat pub that had the craziest experimental music parties before the area around the station was gentrified. The two guys used to work at a bar run by a street performer who I drank with a few times.

I just want to show you how walking around a place you like with no plans or expectations can turn out. I've gone out to the same place hungry for connection and found nothing, but just wanted to be there and being in the moment enjoying the little things, that's when the magic happens.

Tell me your stories!