Here it is again in a different format,

Compare the wiring schematic with the photo.

To make switch wiring easier, try to visualize how the electrical current is moving through the circuit.
For example, look at the wiring schematic and say to yourself, (the current is moving)
✘ “From the hot, through the switch, to the light and back on the neutral” *
Footnote; * In AC (alternating current) circuits, the flow of electricity “alternates” back and forth from the
Line (the hot) to the Load (the light) and then reversing direction from the Load to the Line. When
electricians talk about AC current moving through a circuit they speak as though the current is DC (direct
current) flowing in one direction from Line to Load. The descriptions in these articles are also written as
though the current is DC even though it is really AC current. Think of it as electrical current that is frozen
in a split second moment in time moving from Line to Load. In the next split second the current will
reverse direction and flow backwards from Load to Line, from the light to L1.
Ok so let’s start at the beginning,
From the hot
Electrical current begins at L1. This current is coming from the electrical panel or a nearby receptacle.
From L1, the current flows through the black wire to terminal #1 on the single pole switch.
through the switch
The switch is shown in the open or off position. Inside the switch, after the switch blade is closed, the
current flows through the (purple) switch blade from terminal screw #1 to terminal screw #2.
to the light
It then leaves #2 and follows the next black wire called the “switch leg” to terminal screw #3 on the light
fixture. The switch leg wire is only hot when the switch is on (closed). From terminal #3 current flows to a
small point on the base of the light bulb where it then enters the bulb, flows through a highly resistant
filament wire and then exits the bulb through the base shell which is connected to terminal screw #4 on
the light fixture.
and back on the neutral
From terminal #4 current returns through the white neutral wire to the red wire nut connection and back
to the neutral.The part that is not shown is how current continues from the neutral to the panel to a
transformer coil, through the coil in the transformer from N to L1 where it starts all over again, as
explained in the “Introduction to Switch Wiring”