[cocktailpeanuts]

I think you know exactly the reason. You've even written them down.

There is no easy way around, it's not supposed to be easy. If it was easy anyone would be doing it.

One piece of advice is you should have some sort of concrete goal in mind. It's so easy to give up if you're learning it without a clear goal. When I taught myself to code I didn't learn it because I want to be a "good programmer". I learned because I had an idea and really wanted to build it. Unlike most people I had 0 mentors and my learning was 100% dependent on the Internet. So sometimes I would go on for days trying to figure out something which turned out to be as easy as one line of code. That's why Stackoverflow is your best friend when starting out.

Conclusion: Put yourself in a situation where you can't give up, and remember that "I can't find time to..." is just an excuse you tell yourself to rationalize in 99% of the cases.

[frustrated_me]

Cool. I understand what you are saying. Thanks for taking the time to reply!