This year, my resolution was dedicate myself to study distributed systems. After spending 6 months with every day 4 hours after work. I can seriously, its been

This year, my resolution was dedicate myself to study distributed systems. After spending 6 months with every day 4 hours after work. I can seriously, its been a ride and I feel like I realized am not even close to mastering (e.g, studied atleast 100 papers) it. I woke up with a lack of exhaustion and disappointment. ------------------------------------------- Some of my achievements include: - Reading ~20 technical books. - Going through ~20 technical courses. ------------------------------------------- Observations at age of 31 studying tech material: - My memory is good, but isnt as stellar as it used to be when I was 21 :( - Accepting that, dedicating some take good notes. - Being pragmatic and doing introspection at your current skills. - Re-reading notes immediately after the course or chapter ends, and materials has helped me retain my understanding.