Are you married to your camera ?
I like to take my camera with me when I visit something. If you look around for photo opportunities, it automatically slows you down. You notice things other people ignore or just don't see. Here are a few examples of my outings.
(ordered by date descending)

CTG@Hercules trophy) A teambuilding event (hercules trophy) rodins 3 year anniversary Nieuwscafe Renault World Series SC Primavera knokke Rodins 25 apr 2008 Ctg 25 Year Seaside Italy Bokrijk Brussel bad first visit of Gent Ojo is back(not really) Park Tervuren March 2007 Ostend at a friday afternoon A day at the beach with co-workers A short trip to Butchenbach with my best friends Visiting Planckendael zoo Painball with co-workers Skatepark in Leuven