Name: Anonymous 2008-02-17 12:40
Greetings fellow pursuers of Satori,
I'm halfway through SICP and did almost all exercises but now that I've reached chapter 4 (interpreters), I just can't be assed to continue.
I didn't have a lot of problems in the previous chapters, in fact, I got through them at a more or less steady pace in 3 months with a break every so often. However, I eventually reached chapter 4 and suddenly BAM, all motivation to continue left me. Now I need days to do just one exercise, if I even continue reading SICP at all (maybe once a month?), and skipping them entirely is more tempting than ever. I can already feel my memory of the book waning. Every time I force myself to read on, I have to reread lots and lots of text which of course only turns me off more. I guess that interpreters and their intricacies don't interest me one bit.
My problem is that I want to finish the book before doing anything else. I feel that there are still useful lessons to be learned, plus chapter 5 seems interesting again. Oh, and I want to finish what I start at least once. The question is: how do I get motivated?
tl;dr: stuck at sicp chapter 4, don't give a shit about interpreters, how to get motivated to finish the book?
I'm halfway through SICP and did almost all exercises but now that I've reached chapter 4 (interpreters), I just can't be assed to continue.
I didn't have a lot of problems in the previous chapters, in fact, I got through them at a more or less steady pace in 3 months with a break every so often. However, I eventually reached chapter 4 and suddenly BAM, all motivation to continue left me. Now I need days to do just one exercise, if I even continue reading SICP at all (maybe once a month?), and skipping them entirely is more tempting than ever. I can already feel my memory of the book waning. Every time I force myself to read on, I have to reread lots and lots of text which of course only turns me off more. I guess that interpreters and their intricacies don't interest me one bit.
My problem is that I want to finish the book before doing anything else. I feel that there are still useful lessons to be learned, plus chapter 5 seems interesting again. Oh, and I want to finish what I start at least once. The question is: how do I get motivated?
tl;dr: stuck at sicp chapter 4, don't give a shit about interpreters, how to get motivated to finish the book?