Poll of the Day > I wish I knew how to how to, yaknow?

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I'm am just the worst at self-learning

...even though I love playing around with new stuff

what specifically? some things are harder than others.

Sahuagin posted...

what specifically? some things are harder than others.

I just mean in general - i've been trying to get better at drawing, and music, and painting, and typing... but when I start reading tutorials I kinda just zone out

not all of those skills can necessarily be honed by reading a tutorial anyway. you can only improve your drawing by actually doing it for example

Most of the time, I lack the motivation for any type of self learning.

Lokarin posted...

I just mean in general - i've been trying to get better at drawing, and music, and painting, and typing... but when I start reading tutorials I kinda just zone out

Yeah, you seem the type.

the hard part for me is sticking with something for the hundreds of hours that i suck at it. it's a tough balance being observant of what's wrong without being too self-critical

Lokarin posted...

I just mean in general - i've been trying to get better at drawing, and music, and painting, and typing... but when I start reading tutorials I kinda just zone out

yeah those are all things that are particularly improved through practice more than reading (music I guess there's music theory and reading music notation so depends what you mean)

I think one of the main things is whether you can fail safely. it's much more difficult to improve at something if you can't fail at it, but for things that you can fail at (so that you can practice effectively), it's just a matter of energy and motivation. (and those are things you can fail at.)

jsb0714 posted...

Yeah, you seem the type.

which is weird because I really excelled in school at these same activities, where I had structure and teachers telling me what to do