I felt similar at your age when reading through Popular Electronics. I'd think to myself "this soldering is FRUSTRATING - how can these guys KNOW so much stuff".
It's not important to be the best. Trying to beat everyone else in the entire world is really pretty silly when you think about it.
Follow the boyscout motto and do YOUR best. That's something achievable. Given your circumstances, find some passions, consider how you should prioritize them, and just keep learning about them and practicing.
Life is relatively long. You don't need to be an expert, just have a passion for it. That passion over time will FORCE you into becoming an expert in whatever it is you love.
But it's important to identify what it is you love early on so time can work it's magic on ya. And keep the passions list short to concentrate the buildup.
It doesn't need to be computer programming. It is for me, of course :)
It's not important to be the best. Trying to beat everyone else in the entire world is really pretty silly when you think about it.
Follow the boyscout motto and do YOUR best. That's something achievable. Given your circumstances, find some passions, consider how you should prioritize them, and just keep learning about them and practicing.
Life is relatively long. You don't need to be an expert, just have a passion for it. That passion over time will FORCE you into becoming an expert in whatever it is you love.
But it's important to identify what it is you love early on so time can work it's magic on ya. And keep the passions list short to concentrate the buildup.
It doesn't need to be computer programming. It is for me, of course :)