Yesterday someone posted[0] a project I've been working on, and, while it didn't get much traction, I did get a comment that struck me. They said what I made was "very advanced."
Like, holy hell, I'm just trying to keep the lights on by doing some small thing every day. Apparently it pays off over time though, and it's helpful to have someone point that out to you.
I think sometimes it's easy to forget how far you've come when you're in the thick of it day in and out.
The way we make large accomplishments is through a long series of small steps. How do you eat an elephant, and all that.
One of my favorite moments in a large project is at the end, when I'm looking at the completed project as a whole. It looks huge and enormously complicated and I can barely believe that it was me that did it.
Like, holy hell, I'm just trying to keep the lights on by doing some small thing every day. Apparently it pays off over time though, and it's helpful to have someone point that out to you.
I think sometimes it's easy to forget how far you've come when you're in the thick of it day in and out.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34828474