Have you ever felt like you’re falling behind, no matter how hard you try? That was me today. The past few days have been tough. A few days ago, I made my first post here, sharing that I was starting my journey into web development. Since then, I’ve been trying to balance studying web development alongside my academic life—but both internally and externally, life has been challenging.
I’ve been learning bits and pieces of web development, and recently, I started diving into JavaScript basics. Even though I haven’t shared much about it, Honestly, I’ve been making excuses for not doing what I decided I would. This is something that hits me every couple of months, and it frustrates me. I want to have control over how I respond to external factors, but right now, I’m struggling with it and also struggling internally.
Today, though, something shifted. Despite whatever is happening within and outside me, I opened my laptop, logged into Dev.to, and saw messages from some amazing people here. That simple moment brought a smile to my face after so long.
It reminded me that I can start again. I can still work hard, keep learning, and keep sharing. Thank you to the Dev.to community for bringing me back.
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Don't let these feelings discourage you. Understand their meaning. Don't let them stop you. I think it is universal, but nobody likes to admit it. It feels likes admiting it makes you weak and you don't want to tell that yourself. But you are brave to admit and share this struggle with the world. It is a reminder we are humans, we fall and rise, we break and still moving.
Good part is we are not weak, we can still have our bad days and still going forward. We can afford breaks and we know we are going to get back on track.
It also happens to me now and then. It is just normal. I feel bad about feeling bad and not wanting to do the job. I sometimes force myself, but sometimes I can't. So I screw the day. And we shouldn't feel guilty about it. But after one day, or two, or three I go back. And it is so rewarding to know I didn't give up.
You can do it. Don't lose your hope.
Thank you so much for this. Truly. Thank you for taking the time to write this. It's incredibly powerful to be reminded that this is a universal human experience and not a personal failing. It means more than you know to hear that it's not just me, and to be met with such understanding instead of judgment. Your entire message was a much-needed reminder that resilience isn't about never falling down it's about getting back up, even if it takes a few days. I'm going to try and be kinder to myself on the off days.
The path to mastery starts with 1 step. What i can say is that from my personal experience dev work is a constant learning journey it take time patience and to always remember even the greastet of developers sometimes miss the smallest of mistakes.
So be patient and carry on learning and most of all have fun. Build, fail and have fun and repeat. Document where you failed and look up solutions.
Failure as a developer is our greatest asset and our strongest tool ohhh yeah combined with resilence. And in time you will find out so much about yourself.
Reach out if you need assistance there are many here who are willing to help.