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2020 hit many of us hard, and I was no exception.
After leaving my job as a ServiceNow portal developer, I found myself drifting into a sea of anxiousness and uncertainties.
The world was changing rapidly, and my anxiety levels were reaching new heights. But sometimes, the most challenging moments in life lead us to unexpected turns.
For me, that turn was “coding”.
During my previous roles working with CMS platforms like Joomla, WordPress, and ServiceNow Portals this lingering inner voice was always there “But I want to code 😔”
Sure, I was building websites and portals, but I yearned to create applications from scratch, to understand how the languages build such cool applications, and to bring more ideas to life.
Then came unemployment — a period that could have consumed me with worry.
Instead, it became my opportunity for transformation. I started seriously with the basics: Vanilla JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.
I already had basic knowledge of them and I had used it in my prior companies either for code modification or for building something basic.
There was something profoundly therapeutic about building things from scratch. Each line of code was like a small victory, each successfully rendered component a reason to smile.
The anxiety that once paralyzed me began to shift into productive energy.
When my mind would start racing with worries about the future, I’d channel that nervous energy into solving coding problems. Sounds cliche? But it is true.
Debug sessions became similar to therapy sessions. The consistent rhythm of typing, testing, and refining code provided a structure that my anxious mind desperately needed.
Learning React was a game-changer. As I watched components come together to form complete applications, I felt my pieces falling into place too.
My journey from simple HTML pages to complex React applications mirrored my personal growth — from being overwhelmed by uncertainty to being a developer confident in tackling new challenges.
