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[Anonymous No.2757162]

Another day, another lost battle with procrastination

[Anonymous No.2757164]

Stop. I know. Three days in a fucking row. No productivity whatsoever. It's okay though, I know I'm doing it willingly.

[Anonymous No.2757166]

I'll probably off myself before doing anything productive or applying anything I've learned from this board.

That's probably every other anon here though so..

[Anonymous No.2757167]

>>2757162
Yeah well, life sucks and the you fucking sink.

[Anonymous No.2757168]

>>2757162
>>2757164
>>2757166
How can I help?

[Anonymous No.2757170]

>>2757168
I wish I knew really. I just kind of want someone to just tell me it'll all be okay really.

[Anonymous No.2757171]

>>2757168
Nothing you can tell them will get them out of procrastination. Either they want to practice or they don't.

[Anonymous No.2757173]

>have entire day free because neet
>still manage to not get anything done

[Anonymous No.2757174]

>>2757173
What did you do instead anon? Lets talk this out and see why you went wrong.

[Anonymous No.2757176]

>>2757168
>>2757170
>>2757171
Someone to tell you it will be okay...well it doesn't mean much coming from anon me. Have you considered therapy? Almost everyone I know is in therapy and it's very good to all of them.

>Nothing you can tell them will get them out of procrastination. Either they want to practice or they don't.

Bit of a generalization, no? Plenty of things we all WANT to do, but it's hard to muscle through. We would all be in peak physical condition, otherwise.

[Anonymous No.2757180]

>>2757162
So what are you going to do about it?

[Anonymous No.2757188]

>>2757180
If not for the fact that I have to learn basically everything from the beginning, I would draw stuff for hours. Learning is not fun.

[Anonymous No.2757189]

>>2757176
I do self-therapy, yes anon. I'm a bit off the edge though and life sucks so it puts me even off the edge more so.

[Anonymous No.2757199]

>>2757174
What do you do to remain steadfast on your goals?

[Anonymous No.2757202]

>>2757199
I do my best every day and never any less because I know what will happen if I stay at the bottom. I won't be able to do what I want when I want to. Even if it is hard, I never give up because it is my best and because it's my best, then there's no problem because I did not do my worst.

[Anonymous No.2757203]

>>2757199
Habit building. That's all it is, bro.

It gets to a point where you can spend the whole day playing videogames and instinctively leave yourself enough time to spend a baseline 3-4 hours to get something in for the day.

Baby steps.

[Anonymous No.2757205]

>>2757203
So if I do work all day all the time, I'll build a habit out of it?

[Anonymous No.2757208]

>>2757203
>>2757202
Yeah, thanks for the words of wisdom.

[Anonymous No.2757209]

>>2757188
And why do care you if it's fun?
For the dopamine high?

[Anonymous No.2757211]

>>2757209
I want to draw high quality stuff that I like. I cant do that so its not fun at all.

[Anonymous No.2757212]

>>2757205
Well yeah.

That's sort of jumping into the deep end, though. Like a diet - the best ones are the ones you'll actually stick to.

[Anonymous No.2757222]

>>2757212
But won't I stick to it if I keep doing it? It's just like procrastination right?

[Anonymous No.2757241]

>>2757222
I mean sure, if you think you can, go for it.

[Anonymous No.2757480]

>>2757162
This video does help me sometimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A7VrTxuZIE
You're gonna die soon so might as well just do it.

[Anonymous No.2758284]

I usually take stimulants for this. It ain't working out for me so well, so, try forcing yourself to do it...

[Anonymous No.2758297]

>>2757241
I like this anon. His responses make me smile without malicious intent.

You should post more.

[Anonymous No.2758301]

>>2757162
if you don't like what you do, then don't do it.

[Anonymous No.2758351]

>tfw at work all day and want to do nothing but draw, finally get home with nothing to do and waste time on the internet

I did manage a couple little doodles while on my lunch break.

[Anonymous No.2758586]

>>2757162

[Anonymous No.2758814]

i'm at independent living for a couple hours every day and just tell them i need to draw for job training. maybe you guys should try studying out of the house

[Anonymous No.2760543]

>>2757162

>Not having vitamin gummies in your arsenal

[Anonymous No.2760549]

>>2757173
You don't get anything done because you're a neet.

[Anonymous No.2760552]

>>2760549
No no. It's
You're a neet because you don't get anything done.

[Anonymous No.2760557]

>>2757241
You are a great anon, anon.

I wish you well

[Anonymous No.2760773]

i'm also a neet and have all day every day to draw I should be a master by now but i just never know where to start.

[Anonymous No.2760781]

>>2757162
Hah, I feel ya there buddy. I've been working on a commission off and on for weeks now. It's just not up to the quality I think it should be, so I wind up putting it off.

[Anonymous No.2760986]

It's kinda shitty but owning your own place and needing to pay the bills and taking care of all the shit that comes with living alone in your own apartment really gives you the self discipline you need, even if you need to squeeze the last hours of your free time into it.

It really sucks because you have all the free time in the world but you're mentally too fucked to use it.

[Anonymous No.2760992]

Eat shit now to reap the benefits later anon, being shit sucks and you should aim to be a little less shit as you go, learn to love the process and not the outcome.

[Anonymous No.2760997]

>>2760992
Shit the fuck up. Everyone read this phrase on here already a million times. If you would be a bit more original and creative with your motivational speeches maybe you wouldn't suck at art art so fucking hard.

[Anonymous No.2761021]

>NEET at 21
>December is my 2 year anniversary since I started drawing
>most of this whole year was spent procrastinating (read literature instead)
>i'm still shit, just do studies and gesture drawings
>have a ton of crippling communication problems so I don't even go outside
>so art is literally the only shot I have at making money, got absolutely nothing else
>at least I'm an American citizen who lives in a 3rd world country so even if I make $500 I'm set
>turning 22 pretty soon
>holy shit I just procrastinated again by writing this stupid greentext

[Anonymous No.2761073]

>>2760997
>maybe you wouldn't suck at art art so fucking hard.
Says the faggot who can't be bothered to actually practice?
What that anon said works for me. It's not difficult, you just have to have a little willpower.
Are you upset because you're realizing that there's actually no magic trick involved and that it really is as simple as pushing yourself, even when you don't want to? Are you looking for an easy solution to your problems?
Well if you are, keep looking. Years will pass by while you're trying to figure out a way to motivate yourself, and in that time everyone else will actually be working and getting better.
Stay salty, artlet.

[Anonymous No.2761078]

>>2761073
Fuck you don't even know how willpower works, you stupid faggot. It's the exact opposite. You want to get art into a spot so practicing it doesn't take any fucking willpower. Only that way you will ever get good. Don't know about all the other shit you said, nice story you made up about me I guess.

[Anonymous No.2761087]

>>2760997
I thought it was good advice actually, I'm going to use it, fuck you!!

[Anonymous No.2761104]

>>2757166

I've put in 8 hours of study since this post, will I make it?

[Anonymous No.2761109]

>>2761104
Nah, anyone can get one of those days. The key is consistency. Merely putting in the hours is also not enough but a good start.

[Anonymous No.2762695]

>>2757162
How is procrastination today, anon ?