I decided to get out of my bed… I may have only moved to a desk in the bedroom, but for me, that’s PROGRESS.
So as you know, I began learning how to code recently and decided to take you all on the journey with me (read my previous story). What I thought was a program geared for kindergartners was exactly for me because, let's face it, I had no clue what I was doing. I'm basically a Kindergartner, Pre-K if I'm honest. This introductory course taught me the fundamentals necessary to understand what I was going to be doing going forward.
Within these first couple of weeks, though, I had to question myself. Do I even know why I’m getting into coding? Is it the money, is it to stretch my creative brain outside of its parameters, do I have a goal, am I going to make a future out of this? Honestly, I am not sure, I’m just trying to learn something new and expand my horizons. For now.
Being furloughed and going back to work only to have them let me go again, this time for good due to COVID-19 and the seemingly never-ending global lockdown, really just made me wonder what exactly I am doing with my life. My job was not a career, that’s for sure, and I’m not getting any younger. Now seems like the perfect time to get something done. It would have been better to start earlier, but hey, better late than never, right? It's not how or when you start; it's how you finish, at least that's what I'm choosing to tell myself.
Since I've made it known to my family that this is my focus right now, I get asked every day, “did you code today?” And I've heard things like “I'm so proud, I hope you kick ass” and “I hope you get further than me because my brain just couldn’t handle it.” Positive reinforcement is helpful, yes? Sure, no pressure, guys, thanks! Guess I’ll get to it for the day so I can answer their questions.
