Sometimes a new "toy" can make you see the world differently. It doesn't even have to be a piece of photography equipment ... can be a car, a bicycle, a new book, etc. It can also be a vacation, a special trip to your favorite place nearby, special time with a special person ... doesn't have to be about stuff, either. A change of perspective, even temporary, reminds us who we are, what we have and what is possible. Definitely something worth pursuing!
For me, a little piece of photography equipment can help rejuvenate me. In the case above, it was above "stuff." After an ice storm, I found a dandelion covered with ice and used a new lens to capture it. But it wasn't just the act of buying a lens that did it; it was thinking of new ways and places to use it. Finding new places to go, new people to meet, new ways to see the things I'd seen so many times before.
Spring is a month or two off (depending on where you live). But what better time to find something new to love about your life?
