Happy New Year!
Image by Mohamed Hassan via Freerangestock
Instead of setting a New Year’s Resolution, I like to start my year with a challenge. Last year I did the #100DaysOfCode Challenge with @WITDEVS (Previously called WWDUG) and it was AMAZZZING!!
Day 100 of #100DaysOfCode & #100DaysOfFitness with @WWDUG Spent an hour on @trailhead & earned the Workflow Rule Migration Badge.For fitness @jwlisbon and I went walking with the dogs🐕. Thankyou @WWDUG for facilitate this challenge. #neverstoplearning 📑 https://t.co/WeAtt4qmKE pic.twitter.com/6wZ38H2Fge
— Nadina Lisbon (@Nadina_codes) April 10, 2018
So much so that I am doing it again this year….
@WITDEVS @ArchLadies @AmplifyNGO I’m publicly committing to the #100DaysOfTrailhead Challenge by focusing on #100DaysofCodes. For more details 👉https://t.co/sanjTFEURH. I will also be doing #100DaysofFitness with @jwlisbon 💃🚲.
— Nadina Lisbon (@Nadina_codes) December 31, 2018
🗓️: 1/1/19 🥳🍾
#javascript #javascript30 #LWC pic.twitter.com/XiOpFuSWj8
….with a few changes. I had a lot of fun participating last year and learned so much about node.js and completed a trailhead or two. For me what I struggled with was my structure. I jumped head first and was all over the place, which makes things a bit frantic for me. So this year I put some thought into how I am going to work through this challenge.
Recap
Before we dive into my strategy, a quick recap on the #100DaysofX Challenge for those not familiar with it. The 100 Days challenge is about acquiring habits. Doing something consistently that it eventually becomes second nature.
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.
-Twyla Tharp
These habits can produce a skill through learning (#100DaysofCode or #100DaysOfFrench etc).
In some cases you might be trying to break a habit, well there’s a hashtag for that as well, #100DaysWithoutX, e.g #100DaysWithoutSmoking or #100DaysWithoutNetflix.
The Strategy
For #100DaysOfCode & #100DaysOfFitness challenge I will be doing the following:
- Forking the official 100 days of code github repo to track progress and commit to a log daily (I will be modifying the log to also incorporate my fitnesses progress). I will also do daily tweets. Last year I did daily tweets but having an extra place to organize all the days so I can see progress without having to sift through tweets, I think will be better for me.
- In terms of the languages I will be studying for #100DaysOfCode, I have decided to do javascript and Lightning Web Components. With this in mind I have a rough structure on how I will be learning the content. Which is as follows:
- Day 1-30: Work through a few javascript Bootcamps
- Day 31- 61: Work on the #javascript30 course
- Day 62-100: Work on Lightning Web Components.
- In terms of #100DaysOfFitness the goal here is to gradually build up to doing a minimum of an hour of activity daily. The rough schedule will be as follow:
- Day 1-30: 30 minutes minimum of either walking, biking, cardio, weight lifting or a combination).
- Day 31-61: 45 minutes minimum of either walking, biking, cardio, weight lifting or a combination).
- Day 62- 100: 60 minutes minimum of either walking, biking, cardio, weight lifting or a combination).
- I will also post a weekly summary as I go through the challenge and a final write up at the end on what I leaned and my accomplishments.
Last year on average, I managed to do ~30 minutes minimum of activity daily, this year I hope to double that number. Having a basic structure will help me stay more organized and focus on the big picture. With all said and done, have fun and join me on the #100DaysOfXChallenge! If your interested in participating with me here are some links, choose your path:
- Trailhead/Learning Path Facilitaed by the Ladies Be Architect Group
- The Building Path Facilited by WITDEVS And AMPLIFY
Resources:
Official Sites
Code Resources:
- Introduction to JavaScript (Free)
- Javascript30 (Free)
- Accelerated JavaScript Training (Paid)
- Accelerated ES6 Training (Paid)
- Lightning Web Components Dev Guide (free)
