The tries that don’t work just help you get closer to what will work.
I was doing a Wordle-type game this morning and had a pretty lackluster first try. The second try was much closer to the final answer. I found myself thinking, “Why didn’t I try that first?”
But of course, the second try was informed by the first one. Without my first failed attempt, I wouldn’t have gotten closer to the answer.
When it takes you time and multiple attempts to get to the right solution for whatever you’re working on, don’t complain about the tries that didn’t work. Every one of them helped get you closer to “right.”