Guilt for not attempting this part

We have all been there. Eventually it will click when you get more practice.

I'm feeling the same during this practice. I've decided to revisit it later on :)

I feel the same way. I don't know if it was burnout or just feeling overwhelmed with how to even think about formatting checking for a win. I decided to just look at the answer and to review it. I would like to at least understand the process and why it works even if I didn't come up with an answer on my own.

I think your feeling is not unique. We are just at the beginning of our coding journey (a journey that may never really end anyway) and I think perseverance will be instrumental in our success.

bit old school i think these days, but... familiar with using pseudo code?

• break the problem down into basic steps, which work towards the solution. you can then iterate over the steps and refine them to solve the issue.

problem: How to make toast:

1. get bread
2. insert bread into toaster
3. turn toaster on
4. wait til it pops
5. eat

I'll admit I didn't have a clue until she said that you check at the point of dropping. I demos bits of pieces, made mistakes and had to try and then used pen and paper and very incremental design. I came up with a solution in the end. I think writing things method by method kinda focuses you on the tiniest section. I felt like I was losing focus on the overarching design and wasn't sure what high level concept we were supposed to be absorbing.