Thank you Linda for your reply.

Your last part also reminds me of Charles Eames in one of his interviews:

“Here is one of the few effective keys to the design problem: the ability of the designer to recognize as many of the constraints as possible. His willingness and enthusiasm for working within these constraints.” - C. Eames

You can find it here, highly recommended: https://youtu.be/3xYi2rd1QCg