Follow the Rabbit Holes

Follow the rabbit holes. As many as you like.

They are like the fractal flowers: everything is connected underground. Following something that appears to be a distraction is not a waste of time, if — and it’s a big all-caps IF — you can do it consciously.

Here is what happens down the rabbit holes.

You find that one small seemingly unrelated thing plants seeds for the next piece.

The piece you’ve been looking for. Or the piece you didn’t even know you needed.

You connect the dots.

You find the treasures.

You discover that all roads lead to the thing you’re trying to get to anyway.

You realize that you are not avoiding your project. You are investigating an aspect of it. Or learning something that will help you with it.

(Source: fluentself.com)