What is the best way/best resources to consistently practise programming as a past time?

Hi All, Like many founders I find that I am off the non technical breed and often finding a technical co-founder who shares the same passion for an idea can be time confusing and difficult. As such, I have decided that to overcome this (to a certain extent) it is probably wise that learn some code by establishing the basics and then expanding my journey on this path. I confident that not a single person was born with the ability to code and so there must have been a starting point and consistent practising stage for everyone who can now code proficiently. So my questions to those people and anyone on this journey would be three pronged: 1) What did you do at the start which built consistency in practice going forward? These could be tools, tutorials, projects etc. 2) How did you balance learning a new language whilst carrying on with your day to day activities? (This assumes you are not a full-time CS student or similar) 3) If you were to start again today, from scratch. What would you do differently and why? I look forward to reading your answers and am open to any suggestions. Thanks, Hasan