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Now one of the common things that I hear students say is hey why is it that when I go through the tutorial

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everything seems so easy and so obvious.

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But then what I try to do something myself like create a project myself or try to complete a CO challenge

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and it seems like almost as if I actually didn't learn anything at all.

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Well the reason is because that the learning comes from the practice.

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So don't view watching the videos as learning.

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That's just me introducing you to a concept.

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It's only when you apply it yourself then you actually learn.

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So always tried to watch the video see what's happening what the gist is.

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If you take down a few notes names of functions or things that you might need to use and then pause

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the video and try to complete it yourself that way you're actually putting the skills into practice

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and you're actually learning instead of just absorbing passively.

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And one of the biggest learnings I've read from and one of the most interesting things from psychology

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studies is something called the Dunning Kruger effect which is where when you first start learning something

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you can feel like wow I know so much I know everything there is to know about this topic.

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But then as you gain more knowledge you realize Oh no actually there's a lot more stuff out there that

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I don't know.

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And then you fall into a pit which is called the valley of despair and this is also sometimes referred

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to as imposter syndrome where even then you feel like you've spent a lot of time learning this skill.

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You feel a bit like an impostor because you think people are going to find out that I actually don't

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know anything.

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And both of these are exaggerations.

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You are somewhere in between both of those places.

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And if you just keep persevering keep practicing keep putting what you've learned into action then you're

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gonna get there in the end.

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So keep going.