User blog comment:Claweight/GOD it hurts/@comment-27070860-20190820100316

(okay listen I realised I started writing this to myself halfway through the comment so I’m very sorry about that- decided to post it anyway in case you might be able to find something useful in between my rambling e.e)

Loosing motivation for anything and everything can be a serious stain that’s a real pain to wash out later- I can tell you, that for me, personally, the ‘fake-it-till-you-make-it’ method actually works best. Don’t wanna go to a concert? Pretend I wanna go and go. Don’t wanna play the piano that I haven’t touched for a month? Go play it because damn you, leaving it alone for another month would just make you more miserable. If I don’t like something that’s clearly good for me (like practicing drawing, learning languages, learning to play the piano, goddamn exercise [which I neglect the most]) I try to apply it to my daily routine, and after a week or two it doesn’t seem all that scary and terrifying as it had seemed before

Of course, this is what helps me, not necessary what’ll help you

If you really want to gain motivation and experience in general, I’d recommend you try lots of methods before settling on one- I don’t know, to-do-lists, giving yourself rewards after reaching goals, signing up for writing contests (the deadlines can pressure you into writing if you can’t do it on your own), I have absolutely no idea what might work on you, so take whatever I say with a grain of salt >.< See if you can pick up the inkwell again, or any old project for that matter when you feel up to it. If you get tired of whatever you’re working on, it’s good to remember that taking breaks is okay, that it's necessary, or else you’ll just get sick of whatever you’re working on to the point of never touching it again (I forgot about this for a while and it's caused me quite a few problems)

I’m literally spewing random mumbo-jumbo at you at this point so here’s two things I’ve completely ignored for ages and they’ve come back to bite me in the back so many times;

-improvement doesn’t come overnight 

(I LEARNED TO KEEP MY HANDS FROM SHAKING WHEN PLAYING THE PIANO AFTER TWO YEARS)

(TWO YEARS OF SHAKY-PIANO-HANDS)

(It took me two years to get myself to stop trembling every time I touched the piano, and it’s going to take me much, much longer and many more years to, for example, learn how to draw a human properly, learn how to speak German properly, learn how to write properly- it takes goddamn ages to be good at something and it’s a real pity if you give up after only a year or two of doing said thing)

-''' “It gets easier. Everyday it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day. That’s the hard part. But it does get easier” '– excuse me while I quote BoJack Horseman on you (a must-watch show if you haven’t already)''. It’s a quote that’s honestly helped me realise how much effort you have to put into your life to make it something more than what it already is.

Okay I just realised that this comment has lost all of it’s sense and I’m so sorry this even exists

Good luck with the new ideas you’ve got, I’ll read everything you write anyway 👍