One of my goals when starting this site was to knock out a blog post every week documenting my coding journey.

I am not a morning person.

When I do eventually emerge from my bed, I stumble straight to my Keurig to make a cup of coffee then promptly go back to my warm bed to enjoy it. In the past, I used this time to catch up on social media but I have found a far more beneficial task to do instead- listen to podcasts.

The first online tutorials I started learning to code with was on Codecademy.

Mid-July 2016 I invested in an Erin Condren lifePlanner and dropped mad cash on stickers and washi tape. Each month had a different theme with new sticker sets. It helped me stay organized with assignments, tests for school, my work schedule, family and friend’s birthdays and when bills were due. I also had arguably the cutest sticker sets from Sweet Kawaii Design. Although the planner worked OK for me then, my life has changed drastically since. I am no longer a student nor do I work full time. I do however now have the massive undertaking of teaching myself how to code.

I started using Onenote to organize my notes when I was taking Japanese back in college. As part of a midterm and final, I had to speak in Japanese asking and answering questions. OneNote has an audio recording feature that allowed me to record my voice asking and answering these questions and listen to the files helped me memorize them.

Starting out I drew my wireframes on lined paper and would have to redraw it every time I changed my mind.

The learning curve for Sketch is not that steep. That being said, I need a refresher every now and then on it’s different aspects and best practices. Here are some of the main resources that I recomend.