Don’t fall for this twice

How self doubt + confusion cost me a whole year Hey there, are you thinking about learning to code? For all my talk of how learning to code changed my life–and how fast it did–there’s more to the story then BOOM I learned to code and my life was transformed (there always is, right?). It IS true that once I buckled down and learned to code it DID change my life, and faster than I could have ever imagined. But do you know how long I THOUGHT about learning to code before I sat down and really did it? Over a year. About 14 months, to be exact. And then, I only did it because I got laid off and really had no more excuses not to do it (plus a really compelling reason to do it → I needed $$$). Why?? Why did I wait so long??!! Why did I spend so much time contemplating and talking about and researching learning to code but not. just. doing it? If I’m totally honest, it was two things: About 20% of the problem was me not being sure what to learn and how to learn it. And the other 80%? Self-doubt. Lack of confidence. I was scared that it would be too hard and I wouldn’t be able to hack it. [Blank.png] The worst part? I fell for it again! You’d think that getting over that first hurdle would have done the trick, right? Nope! Even after I learned to code in HTML & CSS and WordPress (and made a bunch of money doing it), I made the same mistake again and waited, this time over two years, before buckling down to learn JavaScript. [Blank_2.png] Bah! So much time and energy wasted!! So this is what I have to say to you: If you’re suffering from confusion about what your first step should be, let me clear that right up: start with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Seriously, don’t overthink it! And we’ll make it super easy for you when you enroll in our [WordPress Bootcamp]. If you’re suffering from a lack of confidence, then I want you to know this: If you are a creative person. If you’re NOT a math person. If you’re older than 13 years old, or 23, or 33, or 43. If you’ve had 18 different jobs. If you’ve only ever had 1 job. If you’re stuck in an admin job. If you don’t live in a big city. If you have kids. If you want to work part-time. If you currently work full-time. If you’re about to move. If you’re about to get married. If you want to change industries. If you already have a master’s degree. If you’re unemployed. If you have crazy student loans. If you’ve never written a line of code before in your life. If you’ve done every free tutorial but still haven’t been able to make sense of this coding thing. You CAN do this. And it will change your life. So if you’ve been thinking about learning to code, but you're scared about how and when and what and where you should do it, I want to invite you to check out the new [WordPress Bootcamp] we have going on just for this enrollment period. [Enroll in the WordPress Bootcamp] [Enrollment opens Thursday, May 26th!] Stop waiting. Stop doubting. Invest in yourself, you’re the best thing you’ve got going for you :) xoxo, [adda_signature.png style=] --------------------------------------------------------------- You received this email because you are subscribed to the Newsletter List from Skillcrush. [unsubscribe from all lists] [update subscription preferences] Skillcrush 115 West 18th Street, Floor 2 New York NY 10011 USA