I've realized it's so easy to read or watch something and fool yourself into thinking that you know the topic. For example, coming up with your examples helps

I've realized it's so easy to read or watch something and fool yourself into thinking that you know the topic. For example, coming up with your examples helps a lot. For instance, I found most of the examples quite underwhelming and confusing so I ended up creating my own asynchronous functions to demonstrate the concepts as I go along.