The budget got cut again, the site is a weird narrow lot, and the code won't let me do the roof I wanted. A younger me would have felt boxed in and beaten. Standing here now, I catch myself almost glad for the walls closing in, because the tightest projects are the ones where I do my sharpest work.
More people experience this than they realize.
You have started to see limits as the thing that makes your work better, not worse.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.