To move forward is to figure things out.
That's not always easy.
In fact, it can take a lot longer than you wish.

And at times it could seem nearly worthless to proceed.

But I did anyway.

And the answer was closer than I thought.

I was searching everywhere and realized that the answer
could be far far closer than I thought.

In fact, it's just like first drawer syndrome.
You know those times when you look in this first place and then look
everywhere? And it turns out the item you were looking for was in
that first place and you just somehow missed it?

Yeah, that's what ate 4 hours tonight.

Isn't software development wonderful? golly gee.