"When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy"
About this Quote
The subtext carries a distinctly post-1970s self-actualization ethic: the idea that neglecting your interior life is a kind of self-betrayal, and that routine living is a quiet form of disappearance. Coming from an actress whose public identity depended on being watched, it reads as a corrective to surface-level existence. Principal’s career and later pivot into business and wellness branding add another layer: this is the language of someone who has seen how success can still feel thin if it isn’t metabolized into purpose.
The sentence also sneaks in accountability. “When I don’t…” locates the problem and the solution in her own attention. Joy isn’t withheld by fate; it’s forfeited by disengagement. That’s why it lands: it turns an abstract emotion into a daily audit, and it dares the listener to stop sleepwalking through their own hours.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Principal, Victoria. (2026, January 17). When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-dont-plumb-the-depths-or-the-opportunities-65556/
Chicago Style
Principal, Victoria. "When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-dont-plumb-the-depths-or-the-opportunities-65556/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-dont-plumb-the-depths-or-the-opportunities-65556/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.






