you can't have many well trodden paths in your mind without having stupid quite often... you have to walk out to that dead end a few times to realise "oh yeah, this place, let's not go here again"

i want to say also, this urge to find solutions is the root of what makes a person decide to become a programmer... it seems obvious to me you have the bug in you so maybe have a go at writing some simple things that solve simple problems you see that nobody else has done... that's how it starts, and then after that, you will be addicted