This thread was abandoned not long after all these commitments were made, who could have possibly foreseen this outcome?
Anyway. In
>>22393 I mentioned wanting to study a few languages by reading through their textbooks sequentially. So far, I've focused only one one language, while the others are kept on hold. This way I can ensure I do work through one text without stretching myself too thin. So far, progress has been consistent.
Now, having learned some amount of a couple differnt languages I stop and think to myself: what other things could I learn this way? I realize that if I had stuck to my intention of practicing with programming for the past 10 years, I would be a pro by now, well, at least, about as competent as I am right now with, say, Chinese (which is not to say a lot but still something at least).
Part of the reason I haven't stuck with programming is because of all the distractions, programming is a huge field and I've tried a lot of different topics inside it.
Still, as they say, the best time to plant a tree was 10 years ago, the second best time is today. Given that I still have some mental bandwidth and intellectual curiosity, I can also start getting more serious with my study of programming, now that I also have a better idea of what it is that I really like. I also choose programming because it seems like it may be a useful skill to develop; on the other hand, I'm not even adjacent to the industry so I can hardly imagine myself getting any use of programming. In my own computer I barely do any of it. Perhaps that may change. And anyway, I would like to be able to make myself one of those "digital nomads" someday, and programming seems like the best way to make a living while on the move.
I have tried writing but just like with programming, I am not even sure I have anything to contribute whatsoever. I would like to make a writing about my language explorations, but I really don't know what I could write about. Does anyone here have any ideas of what kinds of things I could write, about my language learning mostly, but also the different topics I'm interested in, so that it is interesting for people to read?
Thank you for taking your time to read this sushi. Hope you do well in your own projects and goals.