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Ricardo Rojo

To learn a new lenguage.

Watch tutorials in youtube or any course in udemy or similar website. Don´t just look, build the same thing they are building in the course.

After that, start making small modifications in the code to learn how it works.

If something fails the best place to find help is stackoverflow.com.

Usually you don´t even need to go there, just copy/paste the error in google and google will send you to the answers to that problem there.

Don´t just ask. Say what you have tried, write your code and take your time to make it easy for people to help you. Saying thanks after someone has tried to help you is a superpower.

About motivation. That depends on you. Find a goal for you in 1 year. Find a goal to 5 years and work toward them.

Do you want to work and earn money? Do you want to become the next Elon Musk? Do you want to have kids and take care of them?

Find a goal, print it and place it in front of you so everytime you raise your head from the computer you can see your goal.

Good luck. I think you can do amazing things. Just need to find your goal and go for it.