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Writing

I definitely need to write out my thoughts more.

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Today was a good day.

I'm going to focus on my sleep and also on meditating tonight as I lay down. Maybe even listen to music. I think that spending time trying to be mindful would help me in all aspects of my life. I really need it. My job requires focus, and also the most important things I find myself involved in require focus too. And if it takes focus to get ahead then I need to really take the appropriate amount of time to make sure that happens.

I have to do a better job of taking care of myself. I feel good about my voice currently, and I want to keep it that way. I have to. If anyone can do this, I can.

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I wonder if I will come back years later and read some of this stuff.

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Finished

I feel like the best thing that I could do is finish some of those other projects that I've started and try to complete them. I have a few that I'm in a really good place and I could also make sure to polish some of the other projects that I may have started in school and to bring those to a close. That should be my highest priority. To learn by doing - implementing some of these new concepts and by also adding a backend or anything else new that Im not familiar with yet.

I need to make a list of the priorities for the things I'll learn.

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Focus

I can't lie. Working from home is difficult sometimes because I need to focus and its hard. I'm on my phone. I'm in the bathroom. I play the game. There are so many things that I'm doing that is taking me away from becoming the best developer that I can be.

I'm typing these thoughts out because I really do want to be better. I want to be focused and attentive with what I'm doing. Its tough. Because all these other things continue to call for me.

I'm going to be strong and accept that I'm not perfect but also realize that in order for me to be at my best I have to see my problems for what they are and make adjustments. Its not enough to see them. I have to take action so thats things can be different.

I can do this. I got it.

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Three Years

I'm getting to the point now where I've been coding for 3 years! I mean, not all of it is professional experience but all of it has to do something with coding and being on my computer. But I don't feel like I have 3 years worth of experience. So, what I want to do is to be able to step my game up; algos, data structures, REALLY learning javascript, and also React even more too. And Redux. And now would be the perfect time because things at work are about to get even more intense. I really want to know and be known for knowing React and Js and many more frameworks. So I just have to stick with what I'm doing. I have a goal in mind, but not a clear strategy yet. Which is what I have to find out. I have a vision but I need the clear steps to get there. Right now, I want to work on some of these courses, continue to read about my tech stack, and also build out projects. The more projects I build out, and the more I take chances, the more everything will work in my favor.

As a side note, I really need to come back and write more...

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Desire

I should really be asking myself what I want and what I'd be willing to do to make that happen. I mean, I want to have money, to live in an amazing house but I also want to be able to have fun too. So its like, always a tug of war between coding and playing Apex. Sometimes the coding, which is by far the more boring thing, wins out, but more often than not its Apex. And I spend so much time on it. I need to come on here more just so that I can organize my thoughts better and do the right thing. I want a crazy big house and a nice car. I want to be able to live financially comfortable. I'm not going to do that by investing my time in something that doens't return any value to me.

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If I was to start posting things on Linkedin and Twitter, I wouldnt even know what to post. Maybe I should give it some thought because I can acknowledge that being able to have some time of social media presence is great - yet I still haven't jumped out there yet. I think a bit of it is just anxiety. Anxiety that I will post the wrong thing, or that my time will be wasted. Like, I want my content to be meaningful and have substance. I guess I can start with the fact that if it does mean something to me then that means that it is significant. At least to me. And if it is that way for myself its possible that others will feel the same also.

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So close!

Today I was learning some more things about Javascript and became so close to figuring out a problem. The worst part is that now I feel like I deleted all of that information and resorted back to my old idea - which isn't going to look as good but it would work functionally. I guess what I can take away from this though is that since I now know, I can do it again. And again and again. Whats more is that it would help solidy that information and making sure that I actually know it.

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Reading

I think one thing that I may need to normalize that I never have is reading long bits of text on the internet. Idk, I just felt like me being on my desktop is synonymous with DOING and not actually reading. But I guess the best way to become better at what I do is to read- so I'm just going to have to get over that obstacle and normalize it.

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Motivation

Remember the things that keep you motivated. And when that fails, stay disclplined. Think of all the things you've accomplished in your life. How it took dedication and time for those things to occur. You have this Static. Keep your eyes focused on what matters to you.

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No title

I feel overwhelmed because I feel like I have a lot of things to do but I cannot decide which needs to be done first.

I guess what would help is if I eliminate the things I know im not gonna do. At least for the current moment.

One, I'm not going to pack anymore right now

I'm not going to go to the gym or go to the park.

Im not going to play any more games ( although I kinda want to)

so my choices are between.

Learning more about shopify

Or

learning more about React.

I think im going to go with Shopify since that is the more pressing thing I have to worry about for the next month or so. It would benefit me the most by trying to learn the most that I can about this.

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Progress

Today feels like I'm going to make a bit more progress toward my goal of having the website responsive. The good news is that I was able to find out the problem with making it so, I'm now just worried if the template I change would affect other things as well. It shouldn't but what would be a better way to solve the problem is by looking at the code that was done for the other parts of the site! Ugh. Why the hell is it so hard to find. I should just dedicate a good 10 minutes to looking for that specific location but it would be worth so much. Because the other parts of the CSS isn't done in the style template page so something else is definitely going on that I just dont see yet.

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The Wagon

I have really slacked off for like the last month of so. Idk if its I lose motivation, I need concentration - or what it is. I feel like as of right now, money would solve so many of my problems and I know the way to profit more would be to actually work on my projects, and build myself up as well. I haven't really been doing that and I need to stay focused on the goals that I have for myself. I fell off the wagon but I will get back on..

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Falling down yet getting up

Over the last couple of weeks, I fell off the horse and have not programmed. I hate myself for that. Yet I still have the desire to be a better programmer, and engineer in general. I need to have better employment and I need to reach the goals that I set for myself. I definitely can do it. The only person holding me back is me.

Either today or tomorrow, I'm going to have to sit down and make clear goals so that I can focus and get the most done. I REALLY need to make this happen for myself. I can do this.

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Node - Weeknd

I'm glad that I went back and watched some of those Videos with V because they really helped out tonight. I spent a good amount of time going over old code, trying to figure out why some things work and why others don't. I feel like I have a WAY better understanding of that one project and that gives me confidence to keep moving and learn more things in the next couple of days too.

I already put it in the atmosphere that I want to be employed with a software developer role by the time that October hits. I think I can do it. I have to play alittle less games and focus more but I got this! Im going to try and tell everyone that I can to make sure that they understand that my goals are serious.

Listening to Lo-Fi music and coding is beautiful. I love it

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After meeting with my Linkedin friend yesterday, he mentioned how I should work on my resume and make it even more impactful. Im going to spend the next couple of minutes refining the code that I already built - rather checking to see what I need to do in order for it to be at its best. That would probably be the best idea.

I've been thinking of reaching out to some of the people that I graduated with, because honestly one of them knows the backend a lot more than myself, but it also would be good to make sure that we keep that connection. I want to be a stellar developer and having great people by myside will definitely hlep.