I first had a carrd account. It was simple to use, but I could only put 50 elements because if you put more you gotta pay for premium! It felt like I had little to do and was limited. I went looking for other reputable site makers: Wix, GoDaddy, SquareSpace, WordPress, Blogspot, Canva? and then Neocities...! I saw many cool and creative sites on here that made me amazed and determined to use this with NO prior experience and knowledge.
I thought Neocities was your typical "drag and drop" element website. But I was met surprise when I saw I had to code. It was even better, because I always wanted to learn how to code someday! So... When first starting, it was a struggle. "What were paragraph and headers?", "What are tables?", "Why is my box constantly breaking?!" and I couldn't set a background without crying inside. My god do I remember that. But I didn't give up and spent my dates holed up in my room coding. I'm glad I did. With enough hard work, effort and using perfect recourses, my site started transforming into one I truly love now! I'm proud to say that this site is my proudest creation. All with the help of w3schools, Stack Overflow, Google, YouTube and everything else!
This might also sound weird, but I started seeing sites differently. I started appreciating layouts and web designing more than usual (maybe I might pursue it as a career?) and mentally analyzed webs on how it was truly made. I mean looking at a website and thinking "Oh wow, that's alot of flex boxes" or something like that. You know what I mean? So if you're ever interested in coding stuff or learning more about technology and computers, please try it out! You may discover a new fun hobby and it may change your life!