It’s taken me 50 days to somehow figure out a way to study. I still feel like Sisyphus. But I realise now, that I have the map. The land isn’t large and unknown as I feared earlier. I just need to keep my head down and take it step by step. Updates: 09.45 – gtypist improves slowly by the day. Getting better, yet stretching 14.15 – vim moves ahead well!
I’ve been moaning and bitching the past couple of years about how smart I was in my teens and how I could learn any darn thing I set my mind to, then. My school grades did not reflect it though. And these days, my consulting solutions have been top notch, and yet, I struggle to sharpen the saw. What gives? It struck me today, as I finished watching some Python videos along my struggling Python journey, that I was understanding the concepts much better than I had in the past few months. ...
Guess I’ll call it a day, learning Vim. Done about 16 hours1 of Vim reading and practice. The rest of the 4 hours will come from daily Vim use now. Have begun to use it for darn near everything. Can move about with slight ease and copy & paste with lots of unease. Practice makes perfect, I suppose. Plan for the day, since I’m home sick? Well I’m a gonna swing for the fences and finish the Lutz book. ...
Plan: Start doing 20 hours of VIM. Finish another Lutz chapter. Will update progress by days’ end. Updates: 2pm. Got myself a VIM Anki deck. 10pm. Sadly no Lutz today. Practiced Vim all day. Finished Painless Vim. Changed my theme. Recomposed this post in Vim Changed my terminal editor from code to vim, so that all new posts will now be “Vim Powered!”
It’s been 40 days and somehow I don’t feel like I’ve come all that far. Yet, I know the only way I can make progress is by taking small steps. Two more chapters done from the Lutz book. Boy, is he thorough! Will be reading about String Fundamentals today. Also, ran across this inspirational post yesterday. This along with Kushal’s (always generous) advice1 that I should start tinkering with stuff, makes me wonder if I should also do the #100DaysOfCode challenge, with Python. After all, it seems to have done the trick for my writing. I no longer have writers block :) ...
 Alright, speed reading Lutz is a little bit of an over statement :P But four chapters done and working towards finishing it. Love the comprehensive treatment of Python. Would love to see an update to the book, since Mark’s such a wonderful teacher, but that doesn’t seem likely. Mark does religiously update here though. This will always serve as an excellent foundational resource. Would have loved to learn from Mark in person. The book is a close second! ...