I think this highlights one of the tenets that I try to advocate for when folks ask me how to get started on some sort of computer science journey. Find a thing that interests you, and work to make that. Whether it's working on a game (from scratch, a mod, whatever), building a hosting platform, writing a little utility to make your life easier, making a website, picking a project that has problems you are motivated to solve does wonders to help you through the initial suck of getting started. And as Jake the Dog says, "sucking at something is the first step to being kinda good at something", so anything that helps offset the suck can be essential.