just wait and see

For the last couple days I have been messing around with the idea of making websites. It is an area that I have had much curiosity for because I never really understood how the whole internet concept worked.

That has changed as of today. I now feel capable of doing most things in regards to website creation (Not like an expert but I  have confidence that I would know where to look to solve any problem).

Here is what I did:

• First I took my Raspberry Pi and loaded a web-server onto it.
• I registered a free domain name.
• I configured the router to forward requests to the server.
• Finally I installed word-press (After relearning basic MySQL), and added a custom theme with plugins for a checkout so you could buy my theoretical T-Shirts.

It took ages, but I managed. And then I thought long and hard about what I had achieved. I realised that the end result was nothing. Sure a crappy website existed and I completely made it from scratch. But it meant nothing.

Learning it was awesome, but having finished was insignificant. Re-enforcing the whole journey being more important than the finish idea.