You have tons of time. It’s how you are using your time that might not be what you’re fighting. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t relax and have fun. But it does mean you have a choice in what you do with your time. Don’t wait for people to give you your time; use it for yourself.
Now is not the time to not be asking questions. If you don’t, some AI or someone else will gladly gobble them and learn from them. This doesn’t mean you blurt out everything that comes into your head. But when you hear that voice saying – “Should I ask this?”. The answer will always be yes.
You might have an idea of what a market wants, but you won’t ever truly know until you put your work out there and see if the market bites. You can put out feelers, demos, and trials, but in the end, what only matters is what will come after that work. What you might find is that you have to build your market, and that might be the trickiest scenario of it all, because then…
Before work. The library. Udemy (Coursera). After work. A Starbucks (Tim Hortons). A school. A Coop work place. Lunch at work. YouTube. Microsoft Learn. Salesforce Trailhead. Podcasts. LinkedIn. etc. All for under $25. There are plenty of places to learn, and I didn’t even mention the Universities that offer content for free – but it takes time. And that’s what holds everyone back from learning.
I think running is one of the greatest things we can do. With very little instruction, we can propel our body forward – jumping, leaping, and running. There will be injuries and obstacles that will slow us down to a jog or maybe even age itself. But don’t stop. Always keep going. Always keep running.