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Ever wanted to learn computer programming but don't have a clue where to start? With my new website, teach-me-c.com, I aim to teach programming to rank beginners. Eventually I'll make a lesson package to be used by homeschooling parents who wish to teach computer skills to their high school children.
For now, my site is free, as I need to increase traffic and build interest. If you have any interest in programming or know someone who does, check out my site!

It’s a tempting offer - no payments, no interest. Take that beauty home-whatever it may be-and enjoy it today. No need to save, no need to plan, just sign on the line and walk away. Why would you pass up such a deal? Take advantage of someone else’s money for a year, that's a smart financial move, right?

Wrong.

These zero percent down deals are a bad idea on several levels. But first, an overview for those unfamiliar.

These things work as follows:

1. You see a shiny item too good to pass up

2. You fill out a credit application

3. Get near-instant approval

4. Take your wonderful item home

5. Enjoy a year with your wonderful item, without having to pay for it.

There will be days when you are not motivated. Days when you just want to stay in bed. Days when the thought of getting up and being productive is the last thing on your mind. Days when you just don’t think it is possible to succeed, when self-doubt creeps in and threatens to take over.

These days crop up for everyone; you are not alone in sometimes wanting to withdraw from the world, say ‘screw it’, and give up. But you must not let these down days permanently derail you from your success path. Accept these days as natural.

Accept that you will not always be on a relentless climb forward and upward. Give yourself permission to take a breather, permission to feel like crap for a day.

I've come to the conclusion that wanting something is generally more enjoyable than actually having it, at least for material things. Years ago, I thought it would be awesome to have a motorcycle. As a kid, I spent hours poring over motorcycle magazines, fantasizing of the wonderful day when I'd have a bike. In my imagination, I'd be zooming down twisty backroads, tossing the bike from side to side through the turns. 
 
Years later, I had the means to buy a bike, and I did. yes it was fun, but it certainly didn't live up to my fantasies. After a year or so, I sold it. Somehow reality just didn't compare to my imagination.
 

Imagine you are running a race. The competitors in this race are you, and one other person. This is a race without a finish line - it just goes on, day after day after day. Somewhat like that Sisyphus guy from Greek mythology who was forced to roll the same boulder up a hill each day for eternity. 
 
This is an odd race - the follower will occasionally manage to catch up to the leader, but will never pass him. The leader, conversely, will sometimes fall back to even with the follower, but then will inevitably pull ahead again. 
 
This goes on, and on, and on. 
 

So what exactly is meant by the term 'success'? Is it universal for everyone, or highly personal?
 
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary provides a starting point: 
2 a: degree or measure of succeeding b: favorable or desired outcome ; also : the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence
3: one that succeeds