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Should I restart Drawabox from zero?

3:05 PM, Sunday November 30th 2025

So, I've started Drawabox earlier this year (I think I started in April or May, if I recall correctly) and finished the 250 box challenge in early October. It's something that I'd do sometimes during the very few free time I had during this year. Now that the year is almost over, I figured I should start lesson 2, so I checked the new roadmap and... apparently I was meant to be where I am right now only 1 month and a half into the course, oof. So my question is, should I restart from scratch and try to be faster this time? I'll have much more free time next year (2026) so it will be perfect for it.

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9:48 AM, Monday December 1st 2025
edited at 9:50 AM, Dec 1st 2025

Hello Skyrmion,

I too started in May and I've still go 140 boxes to go! Looking at the roadmap, https://drawabox.com/comic, I see the wording is "While students reach this point at least a month and a half into the course". I interpret that as indicating the earliest someone might reach this stage—not a suggested timeline or goal.

Uncomfortable has said "there is no such thing as too slow" and for the 250 box challenge we are encouraged to date our boxes so that TAs  "can see whether you're pacing yourself well", https://drawabox.com/lesson/250boxes/4.

Therefore I do not think there is any need for you to start over. My recommendation would be to practice the warm ups from lesson 1 whenever you have a spare 15 minutes and start on lesson 2 when the time is right for you.

Good luck with the lessons

BenitaBox

Oops, I didn't see that you already had a reply from Uncomfortable

edited at 9:50 AM, Dec 1st 2025
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8:41 PM, Sunday November 30th 2025

apparently I was meant to be where I am right now only 1 month and a half into the course, oof.

Drawabox is a self-paced course, so there is no "meant to be". What the roadmap says is at least a month and a half in, which very specifically means that taking longer that is entirely normal. In particular we absolutely do not want students rushing or attempting to go faster - as stressed in Lesson 0, your only responsibility is to go through the material, giving yourself as much time as you require to absorb the information and apply it to the best of your current ability. It's important to pay attention to all of the wording that's used.

While some students do choose to start over, we generally encourage students to instead set aside some time to spend reviewing the material, then focusing on the exercises that are already in their regular warmup pool (as discussed here, then resume where they left off. For more information, you can refer to this screenshot of the message we have pinned in our discord chat server.

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