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Fallexe  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to become a resilient, hard-working person?

Find what works for you.

My advice - break down big goals into small ones that you can achieve in 1 day.

If you fail, don't stress! Change can take years.

Even 15 minutes of achievement matters. Every big goal is achieved through an accumulation of 15 minute portions.

In my own life, I taught myself how to program by giving up constantly. The first time I tried to program, I didn't even succeed in getting the compiler to work! I couldn't even get the "hello world" program to run. I gave up for months. But I kept coming back to it (and giving up) and now I'm pretty good - I even lived off income from programming contract work for 2 years.





user-inactivated  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Even 15 minutes of achievement matters. Every big goal is achieved through an accumulation of 15 minute portions.

You're right, and it's very easy to forget this. I have to admit: I did. Thank you for sharing this.

Fallexe  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I hope I was able to help a bit.

If you don't mind me asking, is there a particular goal you have in mind?

user-inactivated  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A few. I want to get back to writing: I love it but am afraid of failure in the field. I want to get scholarship in the upcoming university, because it would mean less financial dependence on my parents. Overall, I want to achieve the life goals I've set to myself - languages, general informal education, travel, manual craft and programming, said writing... If I want any of that, I'm going to have to prime myself early.

Fallexe  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It sounds to me like you are doing well! Try different motivational ideas from here and elsewhere, remix into your own, and you'll be alright. But you're already doing that!

Go ahead and write - but unless you're willing to risk everything on it, perhaps consider a career that you would at least halfway enjoy and would allow you to continue to write as a hobby.

user-inactivated  ·  3433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you.

I'm going to get education in linguistics, which will lead me to a possible career of either translation or education, depending on the profile I choose. I'm still figuring out whichever I like best, but I got it covered. If anything, I'll use the experience the build languages of my own, which is one of my dreams.