Joined the Free Code Camp Forum

Like the title says, I joined the Free Code Camp forum today.

I did some interaction with the discobot.  We sent messages back and forth, and the messages usually involved a task that I needed to complete, which led to another message.  I think there were about 15 messages total.  It was relatively engaging.  More doing than reading.

I think this kind of thing would be wonderful for language learning.  Sort of like a MUD, but smaller and maybe a bit more discrete, so that it would be forgiving of bad grammar or misspellings, etc.

Stumbling Around

https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/es6/use-destructuring-assignment-to-assign-variables-from-objects

I really had trouble with this one.  I basically had to join the forum and find the code.

I don't understand how destructuring something that doesn't exist is possible.  Maybe that isn't what is happening.

Hopefully this can be one of those posts that I look back on in awhile and realize how far I've come.

My two month break

I took something like a two month break from learning to code.  I was making money doing other things, and those things left me pretty tired.  They were distractions from coding, and honestly I think coding doesn't have my full attention.  I'm going to try to slam it in by hitting on more cylinders.  I'll be doing more than freecodecamp.. I'll work a bit more with Odin, and I've also found a few other resources.  Sololearn for my phone, that will help when all I can do is lay down, but I'll still be able to study. 

I'm thinking of setting a daily timer for my coding adventures.  This will be something like what I do with language learning.  Maybe keeping a written diary will help, too.  Something about this format is hindering me from keeping things collated, which is the whole point of this blog.  Sometimes I also feel like I can't really brainstorm when I write something that I'm going to post on the internet.  It feels incorrect, perhaps unprofessional, perhaps inappropriate.

But also it isn't all that coding is negative.  There are a lot of interesting things going on in my life that I have enjoyed doing, and they are worthy of my time.  I just need to get into a new chapter, and I hope coding can get me there.