Have you ever told yourself you're about to spend the rest hours of the day learning programming but you end up playing some video games ?
Staying motivated can be very difficult while programming and there are many things that could cause it, for example if you feel bored when programming you should find a reason why you're feeling this and get yourself motivated again and save yourself
alot of people suffer from a lack of motivation when coding, for various reasons. today im going to tell you what are those reasons and we can fix your programming boredom :)
communicating With Other Coders:
Coding can be lonely pursuit and you may lose your interests easily if you're on your own
if you join a community which can be an online forum or a club, you can find other coders that can help you and keep you motivated
Staying Away from Stuff you don't love:
Your boredom may be because you’re focusing your attention in the wrong area of coding.
If web design doesn’t interest you that much, then why focus on that as your main area of coding? You’ll just find yourself growing frustrated. Stop your love/hate relationship with web design, and focus more on proper programming and software. You’ll be a lot happier and more engaged.
Now that example of web design may not apply to you, but it’s likely there’s an area(s) of coding that doesn’t appeal to you. If you’re forcing yourself to code in this area, then that explains why you’re losing interest.
Not Biting Off More Than You Can Chew:
Being a coder is like reading a book.
If you’ve read the first few pages, but then jump ahead to a page 3/4 of the way through, the story’s not going to make sense to you. It’s going to be unfamiliar, and boring.
Sometimes this is the reason why we lose interest and motivation to code – we’re jumping ahead to unfamiliar territory.
Perhaps you’ve been a victim of this before, and attempted to start coding projects that are out of your comfort zone. When you have to look up every single line to make sure you’ve written it right, it’s no wonder that coding becomes tedious.
Asking Yourself Why You’re Doing This:
Different people have different reasons for learning to program. You might want to get hired as a programmer, start your own startup, do it as a hobby or just for the sake of attaining a new useful skill.
If you’re really not enjoying what you’re doing, it might be a good idea to re-evaluate. If you’re trying programming out as a hobby, but you don’t enjoy it, then it’s not really worth doing. But if you’re aiming to get hired, then you may want to keep at it regardless of how unmotivated you might be.
Trying Something New:
Feeling bored with what you’re doing? Perhaps the answer is to try something new.
If you’re getting tired with playing around with only front-end technologies like JavaScript and HTML, you could learn back-end in the form of PHP and SQL. Learning back-end will make things a lot more interesting for you.
Of course, the idea here is not to learn back-end, but to try something new. This could be anything – back-end, front-end, a new language, mobile development, whatever you want.
Taking a Break:
Some programmers write code for hours on end, every day. And they couldn’t be happier.
You might think that’s crazy, and find that taking frequent breaks works better for you. Occasionally you feel like writing some code, other days you’d rather just focus your attention on other things. You don’t have to be motivated all the time.
Final Thoughts:
Of course, staying motivated is all about you. While this article should be helpful, that doesn’t necessarily mean that all these strategies will work for you. Hopefully some will.
If you are lacking in motivation, identify why you’re lacking in motivation, and work from there. Find the way to stay motivated that works for you, and you’ll get your programming enthusiasm back in no time
Nice article, good help