When the work is tough and you just don't want to do it, there's no better time to get started than "now". Get it out of the way and sweeten the deal with a reward on completion.
Julian and Bob not only guided me on what I needed to know but, as an unexpected bonus, taught me the skills and mindset I needed to be confident in myself and my coding ability. - Alex K
The confidence I gained by building actual web applications allowed me to reach out to other developers and start contributing to an important open source project. - Punit J