After seeing more of how the sausage is made, I realized these stories are just like stories we tell ourselves in our personal lives. They are adjusted and read

After seeing more of how the sausage is made, I realized these stories are just like stories we tell ourselves in our personal lives. They are adjusted and readjusted retroactively after the fact. You often come up with an idea in a way that is not very narrative, may need a lot of very specific background knowledge of your and your team's circumstances and events. Then after the fact, after you came up with the idea and validated it, you place that piece of the puzzle into the big picture and make it fit seamlessly and flowing naturally from the past ideas and current zeitgeist in the field.