Treading Lightly

I am in a new area, and when in a new area it is important to tread lightly. Utilizing GPS has been a huge help to me while navigating. At the same time it is probably a pretty big crutch. Many people got around quite well before the invention of GPS and they did just fine. In some instances my focus on the direction the GPS is giving me has made me lose sight of the things around me. Let's just say I have been honked at in a few instances. Treading lightly simply means don't do anything too stupid.

Yesterday, while leaving the grocery store I input an address in my GPS. As I followed the path laid out for me I accidently, slowly, pulled out in front of a car. It was in a parking lot so there was no real danger of getting T-Boned, but the other driver was not real happy. To make things worse another car coming from the other direction had to stop while I was pulled out in the middle of the intersection. A moment of indecision on my part caused the whole group to be at a stand still for a few moments. I recieved two honks and a couple of "warm" gestures for my mistake.

As I, finally, was able to navigate by both cars one driver happily gestured for me to take a gun and kill myself. He was an older gentleman that evidently needed to get somewhere before he died. Nonetheless, he had a point. I should pay attention first to my immediate surroundings and then focus on my destination. It is easy to overlook the journey in hopes of attaining the reward.