Imposter syndrome fades away

Seems to be fading away after having watched videos from Computerphile on fundamentals of programming. Professor Brailsford is awesome. The Python course by Angela Yu and #100daysOfCode is already helping

• Maybe what I really needed was stories instead of instructions, I enjoy the stories
• Maybe what I really needed was to learn slow. Takes me around 3 hours to grasp 1 topic, or go through 1 day of code.
• Maybe what I really needed was to force myself to do one thing at a time
• maybe what I really needed was to accept that I am not a genius, and it is hard for me to learn new things
• maybe all I needed to know was I need hard work instead of intelligence this time, maybe I am not that smart
• maybe consistency is the real key
• maybe all I needed was to realize I have limitations, accept my limitations and work on my self

I feel like I have knowledge no-one else has, no lady I know in real life or on the internets that knows origins of UNIX or gets excited by them as much as I do.. I’m not an imposter in my knowledge and fascination of Unix. The fascination is real.

I feel like I had really great expectations from myself, and I overestimated how intelligent I am, in other words I overestimated how long it takes me to learn something

Nag is also helping me. Makes me realize how much time it takes me to finish something, and how many times I pass the 1 hour mark and are still 25% done.. Progress is slow. But slow progress is still progress!