There are all these things I want to do outside of work. Get better at animation, sing (maybe release an EP), and start a YouTube channel for moving meditations... but when it comes down to doing the work it takes, I'm always slacking. Do I not want to do it in reality or am I struggling with something completely else that I don't know yet to put a finger on? Would love any advice/tips, or even stories about how you were caught up in this cycle and helped yourself out.

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You’re likely struggling with prioritization and fear of imperfection, not a lack of desire. Passion projects can be the opposite of liberating sometimes, and instead make you feel overwhelmed. But that's usually when it's unstructured. Why don't you really break it down to the tiniest tasks. 15 minutes of singing. 20 minutes of learning animation etc... When you do it daily, the compounding effect is HUGE. Try that and let me know if things have changed.

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Great answer, I also needed to hear this

Carve out time every day for this. Doesn’t matter if it’s 10 minutes or 3 hours. Decide and do it every day.

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