[samsquire]

Start journalling your growth from this point onwards. Write down what you want to learn, what you want to accomplish. Then take steps every day towards your goals in your journal.

Write down your side project ideas and work on projects that improve your skills.

The idea of journalling is to get yourself to be reflective and adaptive to your situation.

Edit: write goals that are achievable and that you think you think aren't. Why both? Over time some of your goals shall look different. You can bank on gradual progress. Everyone has the same 24 hours a day, try use them on things you enjoy and that work toward your goals.

[abhnv]

I've never tried this before. I'm not an organized person, and its difficult for me to stick to plans. But I'll give it a try, it seems I need to schedule a time slot to work on my personal project, otherwise it'll never happen.

[samsquire]

I use GitHub to journal ideas in the open, see my profile.

You can create a private GitHub repository and simply create a README.md and have a # 24/08/2022 (markdown heading) for each hour, part of day, day or week or month depending how often you journal.

Then add to the top or the end of the journal. Journalling should be something you go to enjoy and unwind and get your thoughts out. It's similar to pulling a piece of string and letting go, it feels cathartic.

You can also interrogate your thoughts and ask WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY recursively for each thought and get to the bottom of things and undergo introspection.