Last night I was working on my html project for my S532 class and I was on a good role until I came to step 12 out of 14 steps and I must have blinked my eyes because my page became very goofy looking. So I spent the next two hours trying to retrace my steps to resolve the problem and about 2:30am I just tossed my hands in the air and said forget it!! I left my desk absolutely irritated with myself (even the cats stayed away) and I went to the kitchen and made myself a very, very, very hot cup of tea and grabbed a rice cake and started over. I’m sure other people would have tried to stay in there and try to undo what they did wrong, but I thought about how much time I wasted trying to trace my unspeakable mistake. So when I started from scratched I noticed how much faster I was picking up the prior steps and my attitude at that moment became very jovial. As a result I figured out what I did wrong (goofy me was working very fast and I overwrote a mistake). Now my project works just fine – so yea for me.
I have got to remember that when I am dealing with new technology my learning curve is less tolerant as it was several years ago. I have to remember that it’s ok to take a break, it’s ok to ask questions and it TOTALLY ok to start over and try it again from scratch. I must remember to say and to think of this consistently: It’s ok – go get a cup of tea RELAX AND CHILL!!!!
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You are not alone in your frustrations with writing code for L532! I was having some serious problems with validation and was convinced I would never be able to resolve problems. A day later (after some sleep) I validated very quickly with not that much effort. I had stupid spelling mistakes and missed closing a div. You are right about our expectations about ourselves. It also helps not to compare our work with someone else's!
Sleep and tea and good antidotes for coding problems. Good for you for succeeding!
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