Today, progress had a sidekick: self-doubt.
But the mega menu is live, and the store is finally browsable by breed — Samoyed, Dachshund, Golden Retriever, a shortcut straight to the dog you came for. Simple, not flashy, solid.
And still, the small voice: it's not perfect. The voice gets specific if I let it. If the experience isn't flawless, will people think I don't know what I'm doing? Am I even a real product designer if my navigation ships with rough edges? Shopify's mobile styling limits mean the version in my head will take deeper work in the code before it exists on a phone. The gap between the vision and the shipped thing is where the doubt lives.
I've been listening to Dare to Lead, and Brené Brown's case against perfectionism keeps landing: it isn't striving for excellence — it's armor, and it keeps you from the growth you're actually after. Which describes the voice exactly. Armor protects; it also weighs.
So the menu ships as it is: imperfect, browsable, real. Not perfect today. Live today. That will do.
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