getting stuff to work initially (just break tasks down, test each bit, eventually you will have things going)

worrying you are doing something wrong - you probably are but remind yourself you just have to start somewhere. As you get it more you will learn of better ways to do stuff. There will be times when you paint yourself into a corner and have to redo just about everything, common even for experienced programmers.

Then I would say getting your brain trained to understand what you can do with a language, how the computer reacts to different program tasks, and how to write stuff so the user gets what they need.