If you have a family or pets take them along...or not. If you have too, take your laptop along, or whatever device it is you spend most of your time with. Tell your networking chums you'll be out of the net for awhile. When I took my recent road trip I left all my tech toys (except the camera) at home . When I returned home my tech toys were still waiting for me and all my networking aquaintances were still talking to me. The only downside was having to spend an extra 15 minutes sorting through all the E-mail which had accumulated in my inbox.

The old pen and writing pad proved to be enough to jot notes down about the places I visited,the things I saw there and the way I felt.

Do you realize how many niche ideas you can come up with when taking a road trip? I lost count after the first couple of dozen. I didn't write them down until the end of the day. It's hard to write anything down when cruising down the highways and byways of America's road systems. A voice activated tape recorder would have come in handy.(one of the items on my new niche list.)

You know the biggest surprise behind it all? A road trip wasn't really neccesary to discover niche ideas. I've heard from others about taking a look around where you are this moment. You'll find something. I use to think it was just B.S. Not anymore. I understand the concept now.

If something makes me happy,or solves one of my problems, couldn't the same idea make others happy or satisfy their needs?

So, in wrapping it up, take a break from the your busy schedule and wind down a bit. Enjoy the free time and do whatever that makes you happy.

I did.

Life is good. Peace.