Ask HN: What projects to build as a first time programmer?

We often hear that university courses and books can't make us programmers. It is our own grit and perseverance that helps us develop that skill.

Often the suggestion is to start building things in the language of your choice (e.g Python) after learning the basic constructs of programming like built in data types, functions, iteration, etc.

But what things to build if you habe no idea what can be built using computer programs.

Is there a set of projects that someone can start with and then discover their calling as to which domain they want to build projects in.