Absolutely! I rarely make a recipe as written (unless I’ve tinkered with it already to the point where I think it’s just right, and then I follow my own variations rather than the original).
Yes! This!
In fact, I rarely make it exactly the same way twice. Which can be a problem because sometimes something comes out really great, and I can’t exactly recreate it.
That’s why I quickly write down what I did, before I forget.