Practice as a habit. Practicing something repeatedly, preferably every day, is the best way to get better at something. I started programming every day after b

Practice as a habit. Practicing something repeatedly, preferably every day, is the best way to get better at something. I started programming every day after being inspired by a blog post by John Resig that got posted to HN [1]. I started a game that I've been working on for 245 days straight. I started with almost no knowledge of game programming and now have, I dare say, a playable game. Github really helped with this because you get a nice display of your commit history over the past year that gives an incentive to not break the chain [2]. I've been able to apply this to other skills I've wanted to get better at: relearning how to play the piano, making music, working out, etc. and have seen great results. 1. [http://ejohn.org/blog/write-code-every-day/ http://ejohn.org/blog/write-code-every-day/] 2. [http://i.imgur.com/6zq1IbJ.png http://i.imgur.com/6zq1IbJ.png]