Fight
I just did it. I wrote my first “Hello, World!” program in my own little programming language. A tiny crest of a hill on my way up the mountain.
The first thing I wanted to do after I came back from a smoke was to throw on a movie. It’s 10 pm on boxing day, and it isn’t like I’m on the clock at a day job. But I think I’ve finally learned that stopping after a minor success is something to fight against. So I’m moving forward, for two reasons:
- Stopping means less stuff gets done. (duh)
- Because I’m in the zone, stubbing out what to do next will be much easier now than later, which means picking up where I left off later will be easier which means I’ll get more stuff done.
I’ve found that pushing past the initial highs into the next phase, whether it is coding or otherwise, means you get more done and life is better.
I haven’t fully decided on the name of my programming language, but in case you are wondering it’s going to be highly concurrent, data analysis geared language with influences from Erlang, Ruby, and Anic. Not only will every line of code try to execute at once, they will be fun to write, like Ruby!
Back to coding :D
