Day 640 - Growing in passion in something I sucked at - https://golifelog.com/posts/growing-in-passion-in-something-i-sucked-at-1664685911987
What was one thing that you sucked at but grew to be passionate about?
I dare say it’s coding for me.
I truly sucked at it. Like an abusive relationship, I fell in love and fell out of love multiple times. Each time starts with lots of enthusiasm and optimism, but always fizzles out into boredom, then frustration. Every time, we broke up. I told myself, “I’m just not good at this sort of work. It’s too technical, too logical, too much like Math.” I hated it.
But somehow I kept going back. I still wanted to make products, even though I hated coding.
I tried. Then I tried again.
One day, by fluke of luck and circumstances, it stuck. I did #100daysofcode. I made loads of tiny apps that can be made in a day to a few days, for learning. I had a mission to help other writers find a home by building a writing SaaS. I listen to coding podcasts to pivot my identity, not just learn new knowledge.
It crossed the threshold from “I suck at coding. I hate coding.” to “Oh that’s not so bad. I might enjoy this.”
Now, I enjoy the figuring out process. It’s like a fun puzzle, and I don’t rest till I solve it. I often use it to help others, in my Carrd plugins especially.
I can now say, I’m passionate about coding, about developing software.
There’s few things in life where I sucked at something but stuck through it and emerged with passion at the end. In fact, I’m not sure I can come up with anything else besides coding.
But this does show that it is possible… to suck at something but grow to be passionate about.
Sometimes, you don’t need to start with passion.
Sometimes, passion finds you.
I dare say it’s coding for me.
I truly sucked at it. Like an abusive relationship, I fell in love and fell out of love multiple times. Each time starts with lots of enthusiasm and optimism, but always fizzles out into boredom, then frustration. Every time, we broke up. I told myself, “I’m just not good at this sort of work. It’s too technical, too logical, too much like Math.” I hated it.
But somehow I kept going back. I still wanted to make products, even though I hated coding.
I tried. Then I tried again.
One day, by fluke of luck and circumstances, it stuck. I did #100daysofcode. I made loads of tiny apps that can be made in a day to a few days, for learning. I had a mission to help other writers find a home by building a writing SaaS. I listen to coding podcasts to pivot my identity, not just learn new knowledge.
It crossed the threshold from “I suck at coding. I hate coding.” to “Oh that’s not so bad. I might enjoy this.”
Now, I enjoy the figuring out process. It’s like a fun puzzle, and I don’t rest till I solve it. I often use it to help others, in my Carrd plugins especially.
I can now say, I’m passionate about coding, about developing software.
There’s few things in life where I sucked at something but stuck through it and emerged with passion at the end. In fact, I’m not sure I can come up with anything else besides coding.
But this does show that it is possible… to suck at something but grow to be passionate about.
Sometimes, you don’t need to start with passion.
Sometimes, passion finds you.