I recently stumbled upon an old post from July 2021 about a calculator app I built using 𝐂#. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘢ve 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.
People often admire others’ success, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. Behind every person you admire, there’s a story of perseverance, hard work, and resilience.
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, I have learned so much from this journey. If you are admiring someone’s success, remember that they are likely standing on the shoulders of their own struggles and lessons.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲? 𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳!