When I started my journey in development, I thought the hardest part would be the syntax, the logic, or choosing the “right” technology.
I was wrong.

The hardest part was learning to stay calm when things didn’t work.
And in programming… things don’t work a lot.

You write code that should run.
But it doesn’t.
You Google, you try again, you break something else, and suddenly you’re questioning your whole career.

At some point, I realized that the real skill wasn’t mastering JavaScript, React, or databases — it was mastering my reaction to getting stuck.

Frustration became part of the process.
Not a sign that I was bad at coding, but proof that I was learning something new.

Today, when I get blocked, I don’t panic.
I breathe, step back, and remember this simple truth:

Programming is just problem-solving—slowly, painfully, and repeatedly.
And every bug teaches you something you didn’t know before.

If you’re on this path too, remember:
You’re not struggling because you’re not good enough.
You’re struggling because that’s how this craft works. And the ones who grow aren’t the smartest — they’re the ones who stay long enough to push through the frustration.

Keep going. You’re getting better even when it doesn’t feel like it.