I’ve been at my self-challenge of learning to code for a few weeks now.  I figured it was time for some self-reflection on what I’ve actually been doing, because I’ve been doing a lot of different things including online tutorials, human interaction, reading, and self-reflection. Part of me feels really good about what I’ve been doing, and part of me feels concerned that I’ve going about this in the wrong way.  Is this how it always feels when you decide to learn something completely foreign and hard?

So far, I’ve played with lots of different strategies for learning.  I really like bulleted lists, so I’m just going to make a whole bunch that detail my attempts at learning to code:

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