Exploring is one of the best thing that i do in my work. Be it excel, the new fem software or the fortran language. Whenever i am bored or don't feel like work i begin my exploration.
It usually begins with a question, sometimes the question is silly and sometimes it relevant, but whatever it is, the question sparks the exploration. I try whatever solution i can think of, whatever comes to my mind. This way things lead each other and if all i do i just don't get the answer i am looking at then i get to net.
The net always has some answers, which always leads to some more questions. After a while either i get the answer i was looking for or learnt something new in the process.
Being stagnant none of this will happen. No new insight will come, won't learn anything new.
So don't be stagnant, keep exploring. Keep tinkering. Keep moving.