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Look, I get it. Anything great and worth accomplishing isn't going to happen overnight and without having to move a couple of mountains.
But the problem is this:
I don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything when I learn new material. Which is strange because I USED to. The idea was very exhilarating and I felt like a genius when I learned how to code html tags. The more I learned the more motivated I was to keep going.
However, somewhere along the lines that feeling slowly declined and now I don't feel anything except frustration and relief when I learn a new concept. Learning how to code has turned from this exciting and fun task into a chore that I have to deal with everyday (like a job).
Other programmers have called this "the desert of despair".
The first thing I tried doing was telling myself over and over again the positives of learning code and the negatives of not doing it.
Positive's: "Don't you want to travel the world? Don't you want the freedom to drive fast cars? Don't you want to stop saying 'I cant afford it'? Don't you want to not have to answer to a boss every day?"
negative's: "Do you really want to stay poor for the rest of your life? do you really want to waste you time to make someone else richer? etc.."
That method didn't work, so I tried telling myself:
"Would you stop being a little pussy-a$$ bitch and just do it? Like seriously dude, come on. You're being a work avoidant little boy. Be a man and just F*cking do what has to be done."
This actually worked for a while. It sparked my emotions and put a fire under my a$$. But it didn't change the fact that learning how to code was frustrating. The stress of the work eventually overpowered me and I burned out.
So the question remains:
What will make learning not feel like "Work"?
And if that isn't possible, what can change my perspective to look at the work as something to pursue endlessly?
Any advice helps, thanks guys
But the problem is this:
I don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything when I learn new material. Which is strange because I USED to. The idea was very exhilarating and I felt like a genius when I learned how to code html tags. The more I learned the more motivated I was to keep going.
However, somewhere along the lines that feeling slowly declined and now I don't feel anything except frustration and relief when I learn a new concept. Learning how to code has turned from this exciting and fun task into a chore that I have to deal with everyday (like a job).
Other programmers have called this "the desert of despair".
The first thing I tried doing was telling myself over and over again the positives of learning code and the negatives of not doing it.
Positive's: "Don't you want to travel the world? Don't you want the freedom to drive fast cars? Don't you want to stop saying 'I cant afford it'? Don't you want to not have to answer to a boss every day?"
negative's: "Do you really want to stay poor for the rest of your life? do you really want to waste you time to make someone else richer? etc.."
That method didn't work, so I tried telling myself:
"Would you stop being a little pussy-a$$ bitch and just do it? Like seriously dude, come on. You're being a work avoidant little boy. Be a man and just F*cking do what has to be done."
This actually worked for a while. It sparked my emotions and put a fire under my a$$. But it didn't change the fact that learning how to code was frustrating. The stress of the work eventually overpowered me and I burned out.
So the question remains:
What will make learning not feel like "Work"?
And if that isn't possible, what can change my perspective to look at the work as something to pursue endlessly?
Any advice helps, thanks guys
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