The purpose of this drill is twofold: to increase your awareness of your immediate surroundings, and also to teach you to move in a way that doesn't draw attention to yourself.
This drill is best done in an area that you are often at, but you can try it at locations that are new to you also. It can be indoors or outdoors; the only thing you need to worry about is that IT MUST BE A PLACE THAT IS OFTEN USED BY MANY PEOPLE. Work is a perfect place. So is the street outside work. And the grocery store. And the gas station. Go wild with it.
Anyone who enjoys the hobby of geocaching will be good at this drill. :)
The drill is simple. Take three $1 bills (sorry for being America-centric... of course use a low denomination of paper money if you are in another country). Hide each bill anywhere in a public place where you don't believe they will be found for 3 days. Come back 3 days later and see if the money is still there. Obviously, find 3 different hiding places... don't just stuff all 3 in the same hole. ;)
By looking at the objects around you in a new light - not what they are intended for, but what the ARE, you take in more details about what is around you.
This drill was inspired by a night many years ago in Tombstone, Arizona, where I patiently waited for the better part of an hour for pedestrians to give me a chance to explore underneath the boardwalk bench I was sitting on and find the hidden item that I was sure had to be there.
Return in 3 days and see if you can collect each dollar. This is a nice drill because it provides a nice PASS/FAIL metric for whether you did it correctly or not. :)
Enjoy, and happy training!
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