You don’t have a new problem

Most of your problems (and mine) are not newly invented.

There is at least someone, somewhere else who has encountered them.

Each problem may be dressed differently. It may have a colourful hat this time, or adorn itself with shades.

But when you strip off the clothings, you’ll see the problem for what exactly it is.

Go find those who have solved it in the past. Don’t reinvent the matchbox.

Learn what they did. Pay attention to what they didn’t do. Understand the reasoning behind their decisions.

You now have inferences to build on.

Start from where they left off. Not where they began.