It sounds like layout is your primary problem (as it is most people's). You should view (the layout-specific parts of CSS) as a layout description language, whi

It sounds like layout is your primary problem (as it is most people's). You should view (the layout-specific parts of CSS) as a layout description language, which is a class of languages you've never worked with before, and so something that requires significantly more time investment than just learning a new syntax (e.g. JavaScript). My guess is you haven't put in that amount of focused study, so naturally it doesn't click for you. This is not to say CSS doesn't deserve any blame--it's a bad layout description language, as evidenced in part by the fact that the recent grid+flexbox additions are much better (where supported) than old-school CSS.