# Today I Learned: A Much Needed Step Back!

## Flashback

This past few weeks, I decided to step back and think of what are the things I am lacking regarding my skills in programming.

I ask myself how can I become a great engineer if I do not know `these and that`.

Sometimes I tend to have `impostor syndrome` thinking about I am great and know it all. But all this time, I am not.


## The Question

Someday of March 2022, I ask myself,

> Should I take a step back and study again?

> Should I learn again from scratch?

> When should I start?

And on that day, I decided to make things happen.

Some time this week, I learned about the `The Odin Project`.

It is an open source community that provides high quality coding education. I was curious about it and decided to give it a try.

Currently, my progression is in the `foundation level` because I want to start all over again. I want a refresher with my skills.
I want to learn from different experiences and topics that can add more value someday.

These are the three topics that I've learned so far.

## Motivation

> Do you want to start your own company by turning an app idea into reality?

All this time, I always dreamed of having my idea to become a reality someday,
but I am lacking of the basic fundamentals of programming `HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, etc.`
I do have experience using them in a team based effort but building from scratch alone is what I am lacking.

In order to achieve this, I decided to make this as a motivation to learn again.
Be one of the many beginners to dive in the fundamentals.

It will be a hard long run, but I know it will be worth it. 

## Growth Mindset

> Growth mindset believes they can get better at anything with effort and persistence.

I always tend to procastinate, building things from scratch and then stop building again.
I realized that it's not gonna help on what am I supposed to achieve.
If I want to achieve what I've set on my `motivation`, I need to make a decision. 

> Focus and remove distractions

Concentrate and make plans. Give myself time to learn and understand the basic concepts that I need.
I need to be more persistent and have the grit to learn step by step.

## The Learning Process

> Understand it, practice it, and finally teach it.

I am a teacher, an instructor and a mentor. I want to give the quality advice to people who also wants 
to learn from me.

I need to understand the basics of `these and that`. I need to refresh myself.
I need to practice every single lesson that I will encounter in this journey.
When that time arrives, that is the time that I can finally teach and share it even more.

## Conclusion

> I still got time. Just don't rush things