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Hi friends.

I am hoping to spend ten hours (easy, if I stick to my eating/sleeping plan, see below), to complete a coding project in order to start to get calls from recruiters that lead to interviews, hopefully.

I'll post here each night this week, as I spend two hours a day, or complete a functional project. I have several tutorials ready.

I should avoid HALT if (1) I have no screens after 9 pm and (2) eat breakfast before leaving for work.

Any encouragement is greatly appreciated. Much MIHH love.

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Admiration and support. Good luck!

You've worked hard to prepare. You got this, oak!

Thank you my friends! Your encouragement helped me a great deal.

Day 1/5: I slept and ate properly. I happily accomplished three hours of coding.

The first project I tried took two hours and didn’t work.

Undeterred I started a more difficult project, and got an hour into it.

If I stay cool I should be okay. I have a long way to go with this second project, but so far so good.

Update tomorrow!

I hope it is going well. You can do this Oak.

Thank you, BB! I appreciate your encouragement. Very much.

I did okay today: I knew it would be a light day, and I am on track with my hours.

Tomorrow I’ll be a bit more in depth. If I stay cool and calm and focused I should be okay.

Thank you for listening.

Day 3/5

The good

I am eating well and getting plenty of sleep. Halt is a minimum.

The bad

I had to start all over, at 6 pm Wednesday.

I knew the first two tutorials were brief but poorly done. My second project was hopelessly broken.

I’m starting over in the morning with a stronger tutorial that actually has instructor support.

I hope the next project goes better.

Hang in there, Oak!

Hi Oak,
I hope things are going well. You are strong and mighty like the Oak tree. I have faith in you to get this done.