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by why-el 5121 days ago
Here is my take on this: Do not develop a guilt-driven attitude towards reading. What I mean by that is, don't feel pressured to finish something you started just because you started it. When you stopped that iOs course, that was clearly because you weren't interested, so don't feel guilty for doing that. Even when you keep quitting reading, it is almost always because you are not interested and nothing else. I have had the same issue for months, going from this book to that book to that other book and so on. But when I was new to Git and was interested, I finished two books in a week. Another thing I should warn you about: When making first contact with a new topic that you are interested in, make sure you read enough to pass the newbie line. If you quit a book in the middle of basics, you will feel pressured to start over when picking another book on the same topic, hence stuck in a newbie loop. Happened to me lots of times.