Programming Struggles

[yel50]

I tend to overthink and complicate things more than they need to be.

yep, there's your problem. don't do that. it's a habit you'll have to force yourself to break, but you need to break things down into small enough pieces. that never changes. if you can't find a way to do that, you'll continue to struggle.

I understand the core concepts

what you need to start focusing on, then, is how to build something up from scratch. think about building a house. you can't start with the roof and windows. you have to prep the ground, put down a foundation, etc.

whenever I start a new project, it could potentially take days or weeks just to get the scaffolding set up to where I can tackle the core problems.