[CodeWriter23]

The first question to ask yourself is if you have the desire to be good. If not, find something else.

The second question is more of an assessment of yourself. Do you possess any of (there’s a lot of overlap here) tenacity, persistence, gumption, chutzpah, drive? If so, is it enough to keep you engaged in solving a problem until you succeed? If not, find something else.

If you can clear those obstacles, then you need only choose something to focus on and run it down to the end. Then you have that in your tool belt. You might have to start with running down how to triage the best thing to learn next. But if you stay engaged in the process and never give up (seeking recreation or sleeping on it isn’t giving up) you will become great.

Anyway, I acknowledge it is easy for me to be cut and dry in how I see your challenges. I just never gave up. Here’s an example, it took me like 3 weeks in high school to understand what an array is and how it works. We were given one week and my fellow students cleared it on time. Very frustrating, but I persevered.