💕veronica💕How do you get over the thought of "I'm too scared to try and learn/do x because I'm going to be bad at it?"
Erich@jorty It's not easy but you have to just _do_ it. Do it again and again. I'm teaching myself how to make synth/EDM music right now and it's pretty awful but I just keep doing it and I'm sloooooowly getting better.
Mara, Technopact Warlock@jorty I say to myself "Yes, I'm going to be bad at it. But the only way to stop being bad at it is to be bad at it for a while."
I only figured this out about a year ago, so you're in good company.
I only figured this out about a year ago, so you're in good company.
Lili Saintcrow@jorty I usually answer that with, "Everyone's bad when they first start out. I can just have fun with this before I have to be good at it."
MOVED@jorty god, i wish I knew. I’ve been dealing with this problem for yeeeaarfrrsss
Digitalis Purpurea@jorty
Take joy in the simple act of learning itself.
Take joy in the simple act of learning itself.
David Pasquinelli@jorty listen to jake: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DN43sCyEanA
Jake the Dog Gives a Piece of Worldly Advice
Kitty Chandler@jorty A few ways?
1) Remind yourself that A Person got paid to do [some loudly popular work that you think is poorly done]
2) Do something you already know you enjoy badly to embrace the glee of doing something badly
3) Look at something else you have a progression on (early drawings to recent ones, writing, etc) to remind yourself that 'bad at it' isn't a fixed point.
4) Hold your nose and try it anyway! ❤️
Kevin Wallace@jorty Most things worth doing are hard, and if it's hard to do, you will be bad at it for a while (I'm a bad fiction writer, myself).
You just have to have good taste, and resign yourself to the fact that you'll fall short of your own good taste for a while. Listen to people who are where you want to be, and just keep putting in the good old-fashioned hard work, and you can't help but get better.
Pupila@jorty nowadays, I just asume i’ll be bad until I learn a lot about it. Also, I enjoy the learning and fine myself treats for make little steps. Right now I’m learning to code and is a slow process but making my first prototype (a narrative thing witch branching options) was huge, like a big step with a lot of those little steps.
Quinn Stephens@jorty I don't think you ever really get rid of that annoying little voice in your head telling you you're going to fail, but the more you work on stuff you're not good at, the more you realize that you can keep working anyway. At least that's been my experience.
Because the voice is right—yes, I AM going to be bad at something new. I AM going to fail. But I know myself by now and I'm just going to keep working at it anyhow, until I stop being bad, and I stop failing (or at least I stop failing quite so often). One day I'll look up and find that I've improved dramatically and I barely even realized it. All thanks to those many, many failures that taught me how to do things right.
Pretty soon you might even start welcoming failures. You'll think, "Great, got this screw-up out of the way and now I'm one step closer to being good at this."
Hope that helps :)
courtney@jorty Define "bad." Does "bad" mean "not as good as someone who's been hammering away at it for years," or does it mean "I'll injure myself," or does it mean something entirely different?
Sometimes, I reframe things for myself. "Yeah, this is going to be a roaring trashfire, but just think of the stories I'll have to tell about how spectaculary awful this was!" Then sucking isn't something to fear, it's now a plot point!
Power through.
debbie@jorty I tell myself that I am not a genius and therefore my work is likely to be bad to start and That's Okay.
There's an Ira Glass quote about beginners and their work that helps as well - http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2011/05/13/what-nobody-tells-beginners-ira-glass-on-storytelling/
Anything in particular you want to try?
What Nobody Tells Beginners --- Ira Glass on Storytelling | Numéro Cinq
Here are four videos of Ira Glass talking about storytelling. The quote below is from the third segment. dg Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the
JP 🌈@jorty when it gets bad, i watch this piece from an interview with Ira Glass:
On Being Creative
Marianne Kirby (The Rotund)@jorty Like, everyone’s advice about accepting the learning process is great but on a concrete level I also work really hard to figure out the conditions that set me up for success.
So, I know I am more likely to be comfortable with failure if I attempt something for the first time without people watching. That means I learn great from video where I can watch several times in a row and make my first attempt in private.
Other people need encouragement and personal instruction.
@jorty Ultimately only you can figure out your learning style but once you do it will help because you have a way to counter some of the anxiety.
I also really recommend trying LOTS of new things. Practice failing! It’s a skill just like anything else. The more you do it, the less it feels like everything depends on immediate success.
Remind yourself that your worth is not dependent on your success at a rando skill - your worth is reflected in your willingness to learn.
konakonakonakona 🌱🏴🏴☠️@jorty you'll always be "bad" (a beginner) when you start. the trick is to stick at it.
like i was awful at skateboarding when i started, couldn't even stand on my deck, but now i use it as my preferred method of transport and have some basic tricks down - because I stuck at it.
@EliteKonataFan its funny that you mention skateboarding cause ive been meanin to try it for the last while x: also thank u for the help!!
@jorty yo skateboarding is great! lmk if you want some help getting a deck or just some beginner tips. it's also super fun customising your deck (I rec stickers for the bottom, and paint pens for the grip tape)