I can relate to the post, having just started for couple of months now, learning to write code for your self is satisfying. I have followed several youtube videos to learn programming language, but the fruitful results only come from working on side projects/challenges etc.

The only way to account my progress is through github commits. I love the color green. ;)

Would love to get feedback on my blog http://codingbbq.github.io. Cheers.