Frustration is Your Friend / Frustration is Your Enemy --Finding a Balance

 I thought I could keep two of my Blogs separate, namely, my "Old Man Learns to Code [in Python]" blog (here) and my "Old Man Learns about Learning" blog (here). I was wrong.

It turns out that there is common theme hiding in both endeavors: How to keep your brain in focused and in rational thinking mode rather than succumbing to AMYGDALA HIJACK.

To stay focused and motivated, some amount of motivating emotion is needed. Call it what you want, but it is that source of anger, ambition, determination, stick-to-it-ness that drives the learning process forward.

In particular, when my Python coding attempt goes awry, a frustration builds up, The frustration leads to anger and utterance of delete-able expletive's (#@!%^&&!!!).

 I keep staring at the code and wondering what possibly could be wrong ??? It all looks perfect. (To me, a clueless noob).

They say that making mistakes and fixing them on your own is what makes the lesson "stick" in your brain. It's the combination of strong emotion and new knowledge that prompts the brain's operating system to move the lesson into long-term storage,

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