Hello Everyone
I’m a returning beginner learning web development I tried starting over from scratch but the amount of knowledge I’ve gained when I first started learning is still streaming through my brain mocking how easy projects can be solved with just a few lines of code I can visualize.
Many methods has not been working so far in terms of teaching myself to code. I bought many courses and books. I find I learn better by doing. Watching endless videos will bore me to death and then I loose the passion to code. I also have found that I was doing better with code academy’s courses as they are hands on but because of the streams of knowledge I had when I first started coding even then doing projects and courses there feels useless. Its like my mind is saying “why do this you already know too much of html and css, this isn’t fun”. I also feel like I would work better having a teacher or mentor that gives deadlines and structure to push me to learn. Even then it would cost a lot for just a meeting with them.
I’ve read that you can only get somewhere with good goals set for every day, week and month.
I’ve been trying to do that and had been consistent but now everything fell apart. I also try to give myself days in between deadline goals in case of “life happens” situations or I might not be able to finish the goal within the day but I get too impatient wanting to learn more and more getting closer to my passion of becoming a web developer. That’s when my brain fries making me all worn out for the day.
As you can see, Im having a bit of a midlife crisis in terms of web development.
I don’t want to waste all the money I put into trying to learn code.
Instead of asking you guys questions I want answers to because there would be endless, I would like to know your intake on this….unique?…..situation
Also,
I am confident with my Html and Css
Am learning Css concepts like responsive design, flexbox, grid layouts.
And Im also relearning bootstrap.
Top comments (2)
First let me say don't be so hard on yourself we all go through tough periods. Set yourself achievable goals but be relaxed about it you should be having fun. Start with something easy and then increase the difficulty. So small gains and small projects and then ramp of the difficulty.
You can even reward yourself for accomplishing something by going out to a restaurant or buying something cool when you reach you goal so you are motivated to succeed.
Thank you for the advice! The rewards part might be a win for me since I usually spend my money randomly but with reason. Hopefully this may give me some drive.