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When I started using Lightroom, I was the same. Lots of things looked so cool to me, largely due to the novelty, and I cranked up a lot of settings much higher than they needed to be. Eventually, that novelty of fake grain and various filters wears off, and you start feeling like your pictures don't need "so much of this" or deciding that just cause something looks cool doesn't mean you think it looks good after all. After just a few months, I was already looking back on previous edits and thinking, "Yikes." It's just part of the journey.