if I hadn’t been so embarrassed and self conscious about drawing when I was younger I probably wouldn’t be so bad at it now [I Am Adorable]

@SW-User heeeeeeey i remember you 😮 welcome back to SW 😌🎶

@adorbz haha thank you. I promise regular practice will improve your drawing skills :) just keep at it and never give up. Everyday counts. One year from now, the progress will be insane!

@SW-User I gotta find some passion to motivate myself 👀 I give up way too easily but hopefully I’ll be able to do this

@adorbz maybe you haven’t found a purpose or style that keeps you going. I find it helps for me to experiment frequently with different styles and concepts of art. Going to art galleries definitely helps ignite the inspiration and motivation :)

@SW-User That's usually the problem.

@ninalanyon 🤪

@ninalanyon I’m not surprised. Everyone has to break through that barrier first, but from there on it’s much easier. The first step is to get started at least, and then take the next steps, step by step.

@adorbz Exactly! :-)
Anyway you are still young so you can certainly pick up drawing again, or anything else you put your mind too.

For me on the other hand, a life time of not trying has left me skilled mostly at not trying!

@SW-User Absolutely! As the Chinese proverb says "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.". But, I can think of so many things to do before taking that first step and a few thousand more that just have to be done before the second one.

I often think that we have education backwards, instead of trying to stuff children's heads with facts we should try to figure out what they want to do and inculcate the habits that will help them get started in doing whatever that is. And when they decide it wasn't the right thing we don't say "I told you so" but instead treat it as useful experience and move on to the next thing to do.