Title: Day 1 of 500 — Just Getting Started

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Date: August 3, 2025

Author: Sohail

🌱 What Today Was Like

So I finally started.

This is Day 1 of the 500-day prep I’ve committed to — to become the best in my class, land a top placement, and be genuinely proud of what I’ve built by the end of it.

Honestly? Today didn’t go the way I imagined it in my head.
I had planned to:

• Finish Day 11 of Angela Yu’s Python course

• Do some serious SQL practice

• Maybe even draft a blog post (which I'm finally doing now)

But what really happened:

• I completed Day 10 of the Python course

• Watched 2 lectures of Day 11

• ✅ Practiced SQL as I said I would

• ❌ Got distracted and ended up sleeping after lunch

• ❌ Power cuts didn’t help either

Could’ve done better. I know that. But the win?
I didn’t skip. I didn’t avoid. I showed up.