I started my coding journey inadvertently in December of 2018, while looking for a fun way to encourage my daughter in the STEM arena. A lifelong Lits lover (with the BA to prove it), I didn’t know where to start, but stumbled across code.org and, while testing out the course to make sure it was suitable for her, I discovered that coding was something I wanted to pursue.
Since that day, I’ve done something programming-related on a daily basis, in part because I’m fully committed to my goal, but mainly because I genuinely enjoy this and I’m so excited to learn more.
Which is why I’m sitting here, at 9:38pm, feeling guilty about deciding not to spend another late night working on fCC’s Intro JS course. Mind you, I worked on the course earlier today, even cracking the error that stuck me on the Record Collection challenge for TWO DAYS . But the fact that I could probably push through to the end of this section tonight is nagging at me.
there is no excuse for a two-day struggle with it beyond the same fatigue that led me to take the night off tonight.
That said, I’m not giving in to it. Partly because (as I keep having to remind myself) the law of diminishing returns is a real thing and partly because, as tired as I am, I’ll probably hang myself on a missing semi-colon for another two days.
So, I’m forcing myself to take a break.
Even if I’m not pleased with myself about it.
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