AZ-104 Continued...

I am stilling trying to drill into my brain the concepts of Azure. The only thing that I can tell you that it’s going. The practice quiz that Microsoft Learn provides tells me each time what areas I need to work on.

And I focus my energy on those areas. But something that I often see is that people will often try to keep going back to the areas they know well. I don’t know if they are afraid of growth or if they want that illusion of being productive.

But here’s the thing, growth doesn’t happen where you’re comfortable.

It happens in the unfamiliar. It happens in the topics that make your head hurt.
It happens when you stare at a concept for the fifth time and it finally clicks.

I’ve realized that running back to the topics I’ve already mastered is a trap. It feels good to breeze through a quiz section or confidently recall a command, but it’s false progress if I’m not challenging myself to tackle the parts I don’t understand.

The hard topics like networking, identity management, security, those are the ones that confuse and irritate. Those are the areas that will separate a casual learner from someone who is serious about mastering Azure.

And it’s uncomfortable.
It’s frustrating.
It feels slow.

But that’s how real learning works.

So, if you’re like me, drilling Azure (or anything else) into your brain, stop running back to what you know. Stop replaying the easy wins. Lean into the gaps, the struggles, and the moments that make you question if you’re cut out for this.

That’s where the breakthrough happens.

Focus on your weak spots.
Give yourself permission to struggle.
And trust that every hard concept you push through is a step closer to mastery.

Keep showing up.
Even when it’s hard.
Especially when it’s hard.