Path to Programming

After about a year of consistent work with programming, I still feel like I'm only scratching the surface. I thought it would be much easier even though everyone mentioned that it would be difficult. In the one year of playing around, the key items that I've learned is to (1) work on one item at a time (2) absorb a little each day to avoid burn out. I've worked on a bunch of languages but found Python to be the easiest to pick up. I've been on a break from posting about programming but will be picking it up soon.