I'm just becoming a master of break/fix. Can't see the forest for the trees at the moment.

Being in support for most of my career I'm starting to get a little worried that my skill set is swaying more towards the side of break/fix. Most of the work I perform is troubleshooting and I rarely setup or design anything from scratch. I'm just wondering what things could I do to progress myself to a well rounded Engineer who isn't only a one trick pony and just knows a bunch of quick fix tricks.

1. Follow certification paths like the CCNP->CCIE or CCDx series and hope experience comes?
2. Build out common topologies in GNS3/Homelab environments?