Digging Deep

I recently read a Richard Feynman quote (via Farnam Street) that stuck with me, and I couldn’t help but share.

“Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”

This one hit home. In a world that rewards speed, instant gratification, and surface-level skimming, we often miss out on the good stuff—the rich, fascinating layers hiding just beneath the obvious. We scroll and rush from one thing to the next, chasing that next little dopamine hit. But what if we slowed down? What if we gave ourselves permission to dig in, embrace a little boredom, and start asking “why” like a 5-year-old? There’s magic in that kind of curiosity. The deeper we go, the more we discover. And suddenly, even the seemingly mundane becomes wildly interesting.

“Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.”

It’s so easy to get caught up in chasing titles, roles, or some future version of success we’ve imagined. But what if we focused less on what we want to be and more on what we want to do—today, tomorrow, next week? What kind of work energizes us? What activities make us lose track of time? Trying things out is how we learn what lights us up (and yes, I avoid the word "fail" on purpose—it's got baggage). Even if something turns out not to be our thing, that realization is still progress. The doing teaches us. The trying shapes us. They remind us to stay curious and present. To value the process. To explore for the sake of discovery, not just for some end result.

What are you going to dig into this coming week?