If you know me, you know I love to throw things away. I don’t hang onto much for long, especially if it doesn’t get used within a year.
But scraps… scraps are different.
Scraps are important to hold onto for a few reasons.
The first is that they provide a creative outlet for your brain as you continue on creating something to spec. There’s no constraints to what you can create with the scraps. They are outside the project you’re working on now. It’s all up to your imagination.
The second is that you don’t always need to borrow something from the scrap pile to keep your main project on track, but it will happen at some point. Perhaps it’s just used as a supporting tool and then tossed. Perhaps it’s actually integrated in permanently because the spec was off to begin with. It pays to have scraps around to use when you need to (because you will need to).
The third is fluffy but it’s still real: at the end of the project you get to toss the scraps. It’s like putting a bow on a present. The present is complete but putting a bow on it makes it feel finished.
Stay Positive & Find A Spot To Put The Scraps (You’ll Thank Yourself Later)
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