Visual design is an art process and I believe that we are all designers in our own way, however, for new visual designers, it is really hard to tackle the creativity side and the productivity side at the same time, but let me make it easy for you so that you will not keep doing the same mistakes that I did as a designer.
1. Not Using Auto-Layout
Auto layout is a property you can add to frames and components. It lets you create designs that grow to fill or shrink to fit, and reflow as their contents change. This is great when you need to add new layers, accommodate longer text strings, or maintain alignment as your designs evolve. (Source: Google)
2.Not using Variants for small prototypes
As you create components and build out your design system, you'll find the need for components that are similar to each other, with only slight differences.
For example, you might have multiple components for buttons, with separate components for various states and sizes, as well as light and dark modes.
Variants allow you to group and organize similar components into a single container. This simplifies your component library and makes it easier for everyone to find what they need.
Customize the properties and values of your variants, to take the guesswork out of your design system and bring your components closer to front-end code.(source: Google)
Conclusion
As you progress in your product design career you will need to work faster as the project increases and some of the Figma features are here to help you do that.
You just have to get crazy
Happy Designing 😊