Oh man, been there so many times. I found a crochet blanket my grandma started in like 2009 and I sat on it for years trying to decide, and here is what I finally figured out: if the yarn is still good, frog it, because yarn sitting in a box for 14 years loses its bounce and gets kinda crunchy anyway, so you are not really losing much even if you love the colors. That said, if the color or the memory of starting it means something to you, cut a small square out and frame that, because you get the time capsule without the guilt of a whole project hanging over your head. Finishing it just to say you did is a trap, you will hate every stitch and then you have a scarf you never wear, which is worse than a UFO in my book. I have finished two old projects out of pure stubbornness and gave both away within a month, so now I just frog and move on. Fourteen years is long enough, let that yarn become something you actually want.

I almost made the same mistake with a course that said beginner friendly in the title. Turns out day 1 was installing stuff and by day 2 they were already doing functions and arrays like it was nothing. What helped me was hitting up free stuff like freeCodeCamp and the Odin Project first, then once I actually knew the basics I could spot which paid courses weren't lying about being for beginners. Also check if they show a sample lesson before you buy, because that one move would've saved me like $80.