If you have friends that also like programming, band together. It is always nice to have friends motivating you. Work on a (challenging) team project. Push each

If you have friends that also like programming, band together. It is always nice to have friends motivating you. Work on a (challenging) team project. Push each other. If you have friends that also like programming, try to 'one-up' each other by writing cooler and cooler things than each other (while still being fair). Healthy competition is good. Since you like writing, blog about your progress in different projects. Express how some API is awesome or how some task is hard to acomplish. Write about your thoughts. Pick a scripting language. Find a good mentor.