I make time for drawing for fun, that isn't the problem. The problem is figuring out how to progress during a standstill.
I think the problem is here, when you say: "I want to get good at all of these things before I move onto things I like". Why can't you start studying the things you like right now?
You were drawing the heads with satisfaction and you dropped the subject to go deep into perspective, do I get it right? You need just some perspective to draw the head in dynamic positions, and you can practice both at the same time.
It feels like you are a bit on a perfectionist path, which is exhausting.
the only reason why I want to get the boring stuff out of the way, is so I don't have to expand so greatly later in my artistic career and so I don't lose juju. I aslo struggled with doing what I like, even though I like creating and this comes less from knowing what to do and more about knowing how to do. I might be a perfectionist, or a masochist, because I find making progress from the boring things better than just doing something I like.
I used to draw as a child and perfectionism ruined me back then. Now it has settled and I have decided to take it more seriously (learning wise.)
What has made me really angry is that I have tried so many things and I still feel lost. I can't say it is perfectionism, because I haven't struggled with the urge to be perfect. My urge is to succeed and it frustrates me to not find progress.
Also, before I actually liked drawing heads, I spent day and night doing the loomis method before I actually enjoyed it. I practiced the loomis method because my fear is that I would not be able to do what I want in the future. I had a lot of time, considering this was before Covid and my schoolboard wasn't making me do an advanced math course in just 4 weeks like now.
Now, if you see differently then I am glad, since my opinion is just one.
Draw.
I do, lol.
For context try reading "The War of Art".
These are what I use when doing these exercises. They usually run somewhere in the middle of the price/quality range, and are often sold in sets of different line weights - remember that for the Drawabox lessons, we only really use the 0.5s, so try and find sets that sell only one size.
Alternatively, if at all possible, going to an art supply store and buying the pens in person is often better because they'll generally sell them individually and allow you to test them out before you buy (to weed out any duds).
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