Thank you @paulhaynes1955 @frikkr @blanchsb and @theluthier for all the encouragement. Now that the class is over, I will continue working on my own projects, but not before completing a few courses with my four-step process. My four-step process is as follows:
1. Watch the course from start to finish.
2. Do what the instructor did in the course, re-watching the lessons if necessary.
3. Redo step 2, but make it my own.
4. Make my own thing using the techniques taught in the course.