I think you have to work with the positives of how the challenge is laid out. For example, there is no deadline! There is no lower limit on how many you draw a day, or how regularly you draw them. Maybe just sit down, do your warmups and draw just one, see how that goes. Maybe that's all you have in you today, maybe one makes you wanna draw another, and another. Either way's fine.

Sometimes it's about discipline/diligence rather than motivation. It's just lines you have to be really intentional about, it's not that "motivating" in itself. Why you're doing the challenge, long term, might be a source of motivation though - I think working out your discipline/motivation is part of the 250 boxes challenge, so sitting down to think about it could do some good. And, of course, applying the 50% antidote to the mechanical drudgery of the challenge is important.

C'mon, you can do it.

There are many answers to this - but something I can agree with (which some people have already said) is that it's less about being motivated and more about doing it despite not wanting to. No one said it would be easy. Drawabox is hard! However, I can tell you some things that absolutely do help:

• Have a "why." Is there a reason you're wanting to draw? It helps to just imagine what you would be like 5 years from now, assuming you completed those art classes. (Other people here already mentioned this, but it helps!)

• Put away the phone. (And other addictive technology) Something I noticed is that modern technology nowadays is designed to take away your attention. I'm not gonna dive deep into technology addiction, but allow yourself to be in moments without technology and allow yourself to be bored! This trains your brain to find activities that aren't immediately addictive (such as drawing) to be rewarding. And when you DO work, put your phone on "do not disturb" and put it out of sight. This is your time to work.

• Start with a simple task and start slow. Since you're at the 250 box challenge, I assume you did some of the ellipse exercises that Uncomfortable brought up. Something I did like that he brought up was that he recommended not using templates for the homework but set up the homework on your own. This is a small and easy task which helps you get in the mindset of drawing! It's easy; just draw a rectangle using a ruler or something like that. Eventually, your brain will go like, "might as well continue on the box challenge," and now you're in the mindset to draw.

Again, this is not an easy course. Heck, you're farther than me, and I'm finding it to be hard work. But remember that it's less on motivation and more on getting yourself to do the work despite you "not feeling it." Hopefully this helps!

Hi, I don't know if this is the best advice but i think the best motivation is to remember why you wanted to start this challenge and I reccomend that before you start drawing what you want to draw, draw the boxes first. You could also draw what you want while using the boxes as inspo or practice. Hope this helps.

Haha! Huh Fun! Nah it's hell-bro took me 8-Months + Burn-out I say feel good replies are good and all but truly why you want to do it? - because it's a foundational stage, While it may not be motivating while it may be tiring You don't get better by procrastinating. As long as you're doing the boxes without autopiloting and thinking them out you're going to progress, while you may not Be able to draw what you'd like with Boxes due to the fact These are used in later lessons for construction, but they are the first stepping stone the moment you move away from, autopilot and start Dedicating the time to a art foundation that's the moment you'll start getting closer to what you truly want to make Just keep pushing, And while maybe the 250 box may not be enough It wasn't for me Know that it's a good starting point that is why you want to do it because you want to make art And the first thing is the foundational skills. You've already been learning out Line and Perspective Construsion is next.

What do you think about seeing each box of the challenge as an incremental step forward in spatial skills? It’s so incremental that you might not see evidence of growth for 10 or so boxes. But then suddenly you’ll have a small “aha!” experience around how you personally tweak your aim.

I am in the middle of the challenge too, somewhere around the 160 mark. It's fine to take breaks, even long ones, especially after reaching a milestone.

What may help you get back however, is trying to draw only one box per session. That's it, warmups and a box. Often the thought of a longer session is daunting and prevents us from doing even what we could've with ease.

I completely relate to your urge to draw for play! There is nothing wrong with it, in fact it is very much encouraged in the form of the 50% rule. So go ahead and draw to your heart's content. Only remember, you can simply draw a box at a time, when you're ready. :)