Minor changes to my walking route led to a big perspective change on the neighborhood, does this generalize?

I walked up the 14th ave to Volunteer Park today, it's usually my return route. There were houses I'd never noticed before, trees that felt more vibrant somehow, and I noticed the stairs leading straight to the water tower for the first time. Took that opportunity to climb up and view the park. On my way back I took different route than my standard, and used the 12th Ave (this was accidental) partly during the return trip. I was confused, disoriented, and a little surprised. These houses, had they always been there? Was I focusing on my walks so much that I didn't bother noticing my surroundings? Well turns out this was a street I hadn't taken in a long time, but when I did eventually go to the 13th and 14th streets, I appreciated the houses more, the trees, the patterns the people. I don't know if it's because the world had opened to me, or if it was a Sunday and generally more people were out and about, but there was a feeling of being accepted, of seeing people of all kinda happy and out on their walks. All of this because I took the same route to my walk, but in reverse order.

Wonder if how one looks at life, or other issues in one's everyday work can shift so significantly through such a minor change in one's perspective. And how such a perspective change can be brought about. What I need, and want, is a way to look at the world a little differently like I took the wrong path, and appreciate the things I missed on the way. Maybe those houses have my future friends and family in them, maybe I'll live in them, you never know unless you explore your surroundings with a curious and open mind.

That makes me wonder if I should change up my walking route entirely and go on more exploratory trips around Seattle, even at the cost of my other 'projects' that I'm undertaking.