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Take what you want to learn and break it apart into core components. Break those up. Break those up. Get to a granularity where it doesn't make sense to reduce concepts further. Prioritize these bite-sized items. You don't have a single thing you want to learn, you have a list of things you want to learn. This refinement process shouldn't take more than a few days, and each individual item shouldn't take more than a few days. As you begin crossing things off your list, the "few days" will turn into a week. Then a couple weeks. Then a month. Soon, you'll be seamlessly transitioning from one concept to another without realizing, as it will come naturally since the list was already ordered in an intuitive manner (and you're far more motivated and seasoned at this point). When you're done with that list, start a new one. Follow the same process, but it will ramp up far more quickly. Repeat until you no longer need the process (but if you enjoy the process there's nothing wrong with it)!



Great advice, especially in times where (seemingly?) many people are satisfied with pre-made answers from the internet they just copy and paste without understanding.




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