Always frame for less, and then crop even more to make it work, anyway. I’ve learned that there’s an art of exclusion in photography.
Let me tell you a story:
Many years ago, when I first started, I made the stupid decision of buying a 50mm for an aps c camera without realizing 50mm on an aps c is not truly ‘50mm’ people talk up. I couldn’t afford any other lens for a good while, so I stuck with it anyway.
A year later, I got a 35, and 23 few more years either way. And I can tell you, it always gets harder as you go wider.
So going back to the thesis, I suggest framing for less and cropping even tighter to get rid of things that you don’t want, then start taking a few steps back (or use wider focal length.)