IcedCocoa

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Cohost.Forever


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It has been like this since like this September. Creative ideas flowing in but I have been 'holding' them because of "studyings and assignments".
I wish I was 'good enough' to be passionate about drawing and doodle whenever I get time. But the issue is I defeat myself and make excuses to myself instead of actually picking up a pencil, actual or virtual. I'm not sure if I can pass this as 'I suck at multitasking'. Comments would help.


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in reply to @IcedCocoa's post:

Everyone sucks at multitasking tbh, and its also okay to just draw in 5 minutes stints or even 2 minutes, for some it helps to kickstart it by just forcing yourself to draw. Personally if I wanna do something creative I really have to split it up into "smaller tasks" and then it doesn't feel as daunting or out of reach (like "never gonna be able to finish this in time" etc). By doing smaller tasks then theres more achievable "goals" a long the way and it feels better.

Thank you for the comment! I guess few minutes really is enough to make changes. Small goal is also what I should in keep in mind of, especially that I keep dreaming of making fancy big arts and get disappointed at myself for not being able to draw like Shoji Meguro despite days of works.

Not sure if you have the same problem I have, but I feel this on such a deep level. I seriously miss the days when I could just have idea, and at least try to doodle it myself. I knew it wasn't great but I was happy to at least do something and get it somewhat out of my head. Fast forward a few years though, and that stopped being the case; no matter what idea I had I knew I couldn't recreate it accurately enough.

Talking to a friend about it, she mentioned that I might be focusing on the result too much and stopping myself from doing anything because I knew that the result would frustrate me, and suggested trying to find ways to just enjoy the doing of it and not care about what comes of it.

I can also fully understand not wanting to start something when you know that you won't have enough time to fully engage with it (probably why I stopped playing games)...which I don't count as sucking at multitasking but rather recognizing that context switching is hard, especially if there's no good point to switch back onto the task.

Thank you for the comment, I guess part of my 'cry' is that despite the chances of having enough time to actually invest in re-learning drawing from the first place I get hesitant about what should I do and end up wasting all that time on mindless YT scrolls. I really feel hard on that "the result would frustrate me" and I wish to get to the point of "not care about what comes of it" soon.