A few weeks back I took a weekend trip to New York City. I used the trip as an escape from a few things that were going on in my life that I really just wanted and needed a break from. Now I know what you are thinking, New York is such a basic and simple trip, its not that big of a deal. While you may be right in your own thinking, I believe that you can simply get lost anywhere you’d like if you truly want to.

The only set plan was my trains back and forth from Boston, and staying at the Neoscape apartment. Other than that I was going there to experience total surprise. I essentially wanted to get lost in what I was going to do. It was a tough thing to actually perform and act out as like most people I am always on a set time, a true creature of habit. It was not the fact that I was going to a different place because I have been there numerous times, maybe it was the circumstances that surrounded it but it all felt different.

I walked around the city for three days straight, eating in random restaurants, seeing sights that I have seen numerous times while meeting and seeing people who were amazing to be around. I knew their whole life story within hours of meeting them, great people that I hope to run into again someday.

It was fun, different, and some would even say pointless (Altman). However it did show me that you can simply forget about any simple troubles you have in life and just check out some place that you don’t see everyday and learn how much we take for granted. As an artist I tend to forget, like most artists do, our minds are machines that sometimes do need to rest and stop for a bit.

I have already planned a trip during the summer to Montana to see an old friend, and I plan to use it the same way: as an escape. Not a vacation where most people think of what they are going to buy, the endless party nights, or the waiters bringing their booze to them on a beach. The type of trip where you don’t care what you see, the people you meet, or even the food you eat.

The world is full of amazing and new things that aren’t on internet recommendation lists or being reviewed by bloggers, go out there and find them. Experience your own Holden Caulfield moment and just go, escape your everyday life and go. Don’t plan too much, don’t think too hard and don’t make it into a big deal…buy the ticket and take the ride.