Hello New Deadline (February)

 After A Week Off

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving (if you observe that American holiday)! I was able to go out to Orlando, Florida to explore Disney World and Universal Studios with my family--thanks mom for covering the plane tickets and hotel rooms! I've been trying to get my barrings since taking all of last week off--I was gone last Monday through Friday. It's been a bit harder than I expected, and that seems to be the theme I've been encountering lately. Everything is harder and taking longer than I had first planned.

32% Is Not That Great

Thirty-two percent is how far into The Odin Project's JavaScript Course I have come. I was aiming for something like 80% completed at this point (the end of November) in 2021. I think there have been a variety of contributing factors that led to me being in this position: a) my timetable was aggressive to begin with, b) the projects have taken much, much longer than I anticipated, and c) it has been hard to find a lot of time to sink into learning and coding so that I progress at a rapid rate. In light of all of that, I'd like to wrap up this course by the end of February, but I'm also recognizing that is still assuming a faster pace than I was able to achieve up to this point. For perspective, I've completed 32% of the JavaScript Course since September 1st. I'd have to increase my pace a bit, but I'm hoping late February to early March is a more attainable goal. 

What I'm Looking Forward To

I've grown a lot. I've learned so much since I began earnestly learning what programming is in August of 2020. I'm excited to sink my teeth into frameworks (React JS is coming up in the curriculum) and build things easier. I am reminded, over and over again, that coding is really interesting to me and the deeper I get, the more I enjoy it. Even though I'm missing my initial deadline, I'm still excited for a future in tech. It's time to buckle down, and dive in with new excitement and aim to log more hours too.

Tim David

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