The UX industry puts a lot of emphasis on process.

As a result, I hear from stressed-out designers all the time asking questions like this:

Where do I start on a new project?
How do I know what to do next?
Which process should I learn?
It’d be great if UX design was as simple as, “do this, then do this, then do this.” In practice, unfortunately, it’s not that simple.

So what method do we use to answer these questions? What is a better way of looking at the practice of UX design?