The route called scenic usually belongs to someone who is not late for work.

The beautiful route is available to whoever has the time. Calling a road scenic assumes a person who can afford the extra twenty minutes, which quietly makes appreciation a function of schedule rather than of character. People rushing past beauty are not failing to notice it; they are due somewhere.

So when you find yourself unable to enjoy things, check the schedule before you check yourself. And where you do have slack, spend some of it on the longer way round, since the capacity to take it is a real form of wealth and it goes unused surprisingly often.