I can spend hours improving something that was already working really well. It often starts with a detail. A button I have to look for every time I need it, for example. I tell myself I’m just going to move it.
At that point, I start wondering why I need to click on it so often. Could I remove a step? And while I’m removing a step, could I fix that other thing that’s been bugging me for three weeks?
That’s how a project changes direction forty-eleven times around here. I like understanding why things were done a certain way, then trying to see what happens if I approach them differently. Sometimes I find a better way to do things. Sometimes I finally understand why the button was there.
Either way, I had fun. And my button? I know where it is now. I put it back where it belongs.