As a kid: Everything that you see was made by somebody. Someone had the idea, someone started a business for it, someone designed it, someone assembled it, etc.

As an adult: Simulated annealing for your own life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing) You start something by going all over the place, trying even crazy ideas. Then you start refining and refining, getting better at the details. This is the optimal way for anything: dating, starting companies, creating products, learning something new, investing, ... .