How To Stay Motivated When Learning to Code?

Just know that everyone starts out just where you are now. It can be very daunting at first, but you need to have persistence and dedication. Ask questions along the way and soon enough you'll be answering other's questions.

Understand that you will probably not always feel motivated.

Learn when to take breaks and recharge, and remember what it is that you enjoy about programming.

If you feel like you're reaching a dead end with something, don't be afraid to try something else. If you decide you hate developing websites with Ruby on Rails, you might find that you really love developing desktop applications with C#.

If i get unmotivated usually i go break for a couple hour with something fun (ex: read a novel , watch anime , play with ctf , etc). to recharge my motivation, if a couple hour not enough , i make me-time then take nap. rest is matter , even seemly waste time.

Get a language with a REPL that also runs on your handhelds. That way you can always test your ideas when you have them, and also bring your small projects into commuting and so on.

Get a datastorage that also does, code is important but so is handling and refining data. If you can bring it with you, all the better. SQLite is widely supported.

Read 'hard' books. Fix-point-combinator wizardry and bayesian inference will not be immediately accessible but over time terminology and theory will start getting hold.

My personal preference is picolisp.com but Python, Coconut or Node might suit you better.

Ask friend to slap you every time you stop coding 👨‍💻-- thats one way of doing it.

Many might give you some motivation answers, however I think you will need to find your own motivation for coding.
Is it drinking redbull?
Visiting Dev.To every 20minutes?

See where I am going? Everyone is bit different.

I've been there and done that, however my motivation was to build a visible code daily (python), meaning that I would go on random GH or build some random small apps with python that would satisfy me on daily basis hence I got skilled more and more each day.

While coding capture a moment in your head when you are happy, ask "What made me happy" - rinse and repeat .. stay happy and motivated to code.