Have some fun with it
That is after the “first draft.” It is important to get something shippable.
If you have some free time, though, you might want to play around with it.
What am I talking about?
After you complete something, ask yourself if you can:
- Make it shorter? | Try cutting it in half
- Add a constraint that you are nervous about? | What if you had zero dollars?
- Improvise with it and see what happens? | Take a nap and rewrite it
These challenges are designed to stretch your thinking and will improve your problem-solving ability.