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7:33 PM, Friday August 21st 2020

oh. hehe.

I see what the fuzz is about then. I have not drawn much at all. I have quite severe problems with motivation so ive been focusing on doing the lessons. Which can often take over a month to complete.

I have not had a single tought off drawing anything else and what motivation i do get is to finish another task and see some improvement. I rarely do things for the sake of endogenous motivation and want.

I have many hours of drawing jack shit infront of me if im to catch up with that rule.

3:46 AM, Saturday August 22nd 2020

It's the same for me and many other hobbies I do. I don't think the pace you do things matter but as long as you learn it's good. Personally it took me almost a year to finish lesson 1 and i haven't even started on the 250 box challenge yet so I've got that going for me lol but i don't think you should continue to do lessons one after the other even though you have tons of drawings you've done. I think starting from scratch may help but its only a suggestion as you could try to utilize the 50 percent rule without having to worry about your past drawings. One of the main reasons of the 50 percent rule is to have fun! Have fun with drawing what you want and go on with your homework. As you do this more and more you may see yourself feeling a-lot more motivated.

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