
Why real apps rarely look like dribbble shots? Is it because designers who make these real apps are incompetent? No. It’s because when you design a real app you have constrains of any sort. Technical ones, business ones, marketing ones and more. There are flows that have to work for real and maybe you don’t have the luxury of being so minimalistic, because there are buttons you have to put in there, and labels, and back arrows, and more.
To me, that means fitting in at least an hour of reading time on weekdays, and more during the weekend and on holidays. Find a way to read around your schedule and your life situation, but don’t make excuses or rest on the notion that you’re too busy.