Planning VS over planning VS no planning
KCook wrote: Lowered expectations. Instead of "artistry" I settle for "interesting". Worry about the artistry side later in post.
iconoclast
Add a dose of spontaneous 
Thats a good one. I gave up on planning much of anything when it comes to photography. I tried that route when I was much younger, and ended up mostly disappointed. The most I ever plan on is maybe going to a certain area, beyond that all bets are off.
If you want to see more creatively you might try just sitting back, and watching the light change, and note how as it does the effect changes the subjects as well. That is normally what I do when I am in a mental rut shooting wise. The fact is I carry my camera at those times with no intention of shooting, and many times magically a shot appears out of nowhere. Fact is at my age I have pretty much just come to the point where I do not care if I shoot, or not. I tend to find it keeps me from just randomly shooting things, and my camera is pretty much always with me.
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