My Winter Break

Hope everyone is enjoying their winter breaks. For me this break has been a healthy mix of just lounging on the couch watching college football (too bad all the BCS games were boring) and trying to actually do something worthwhile. Right now, I’m writing this post in HTML, something I started to do yesterday. It’s nothing special but hopefully it’s just the beginning of my foray into the many languages of the interwebs (my new term for the internet).

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Why Do It?

I know many people are going to wonder who would willingly give themselves more work to do. But I don’t see it as work, more like an attempt to add to my skillset and challenge myself to learn something new. It is tedious at times and typing in brackets all the time is pretty annoying but I feel so much more accomplished making a header than simply clicking the “b”. And that sense of achievement is what I’m striving for. It’s much different than getting an A in school because that’s required of me. Learning this skill is something I can take pride of myself in. Although the task can be daunting, like when I found out I’d have to learn CSS too, conquering that mountain is like learning to ride a bike. Its something you see other people doing and want to do yourself. So to everyone I say: find something you want to learn or improve on, something you don’t already do, and do it. If you follow through with it, you’ll really appreciate the effort you put into it.

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Hopefully next time I’ll throw in some real styling and make the HTML worthwhile. Enjoy the rest of break!