When you enter a room, how does it change?

We hear people say this all the time. Always be doing the next thing. Don’t let yourself get stagnant. When you finish your current project, make sure you have the next thing in mind.

I have been studying physics for over six years. As such, I have learned a bunch and changed as a person. I now have a better appreciation for physics and science in general than I did when I first began years ago, and I expect to see the field differently another five years from now.

When we find a hobby or a craft that energizes us, why is our first instinct to figure out a way to turn it into a money-generating activity?