how come every other trans person is talented at something like producing music or drawing art, meanwhile I’m completely useless and have no talent at all? I feel so out of place in the trans community because they’re all better than me
>>40924139because you don't do anything you dumb fucklearn some resolve and grit cunt
>>40924139If the pic is related, then it's because you smoke weed. All you are doing by smoking is masking the fact that you need to do something to be better.Nobody is ever truly talented, they have practiced for hours and hours with dedication. Find what you want to do, and then spend time becoming good at it. And don't think you can do this in a day, it takes a lot of time to get good at stuff, so stick with it.
>>40924150I’ve tried doing things. I tried practicing art for a few months, and even though I was absolutely shit at it I still made some improvement. But I got too depressed to keep practicing for a few months and when I started again I had lost every single ounce of skill that I developed. >>40924172I don’t smoke weed ir do any drugs. I just picked the image because I liked it. I don’t know if there’s truly anything I want to do. Nothing ever “clicked” for me even though I’ve tried so many different things.
>>40924199pick something that brings you joy or deep meaning and just keep doing it every day. and even if you do it badly you will end up good480n
>>40924231That’s the thing though, nothing brings me any real joy. I’ve tried art, music, writing, sewing, etc. not a single one made me feel truly happy. Most of the time i just felt frustration and shame from how awful I was
>>40924246what creative products bring you joy? eg. visual art? a certain type of music? creative writing? is there a particular nonfiction subject you enjoy reading about or generally interests you? when you say you felt frustration and shame –sure, most people will feel that. that's a barrier you need to, and can, push through. understand it as friction, a sign of a temporary gap between where you are and where your aesthetic taste is, or as an irrational emotion distracting you from the grind that you rationally know is necessary to attain skill in any medium.
>>40924139do you have ADHD? Start something then when you get bored move on to next thing. Then move back to the other thing. I struggled with this for years but have developed a system.
Some people are unremarkable and that's okay.
Have you tried forcing yourself to be bored more often? Like finding all the stupid shit that puts you into dopamine-seeking mode, and cut it out of your field of view for long enough to get antsy?
i feel like this too but i think its a visability thing, you arent really aware of people who arent talented. its hard to put effort into a hobby when just getting out of bed is so difficult
don’t worry nona, i’m also a useless and untalented tranny
>>40924139talent isnt real its passion what youre missing
just pick one thing and stick to it
>>40924298I like video games and webcomics. The main reason I tried to get good at art was because I wanted to gain the skills needed to make a game or webcomic.I didn’t know that most people also experience that same shame and frustration. I remember venting about those feelings when I was actively practicing art, and I remember an artist online responding to it by saying that maybe art wasnt for me if it made me feel that way
>>40924395Idk what to do about that then, since passion isn’t something I can just choose to have
im drawing a crossdressing superhero
>>40925044Cool. I don’t have the talent to make anything like that
>>40925289its not talent its practice. you're just lazy.
>>40925682I already addressed that sentiment earlier in the thread. I DID practice for months, and while my art was still dogshit I made a slight improvement, but due to my depression I didn’t practice for awhile and when I started again, I lost all of the skill I had developed. I was back to the same skill level as I was when I started. So even if I continue practicing I’ll likely just lose it all again
>>40925914>monthsSo no time at all then.
>>40925914>and while my art was still dogshit I made a slight improvement, but due to my depression I didn’t practice for awhile and when I started again, I lost all of the skill I had developed. I was back to the same skill level as I was when I started. So even if I continue practicing I’ll likely just lose it all againso yeah just laziness. laziness caused by depression is still laziness. and your fatalistic view doesn't exactly help the situation.
>>40924139the ones who are good at things stand out. trust me when i say a shitload of trannies are crippled by executive dysfunction or chronic computer usage and have zero hobbies or interests beyond reading stuff on their screens.
>>40925956Exactly another reason why it’s impossible for me to become skilled. Every decent artist started practicing when they were very young children. >>40925998So what? Do you expect me to magically just stop being depressed then?
>>40926101ive suffered from depression since my early teens and ive still drawn on and off for a long time.
>>40926265Then maybe my depression is just more severe I guess
>>40924588webcomic is easy just have a good story you don't need amazing art or anything look at one (the guy who made mob psycho and opm)
>>40924199Keep trying different art forms until you find one that sticks. Drawing, painting, music, dance, sculpting, etc. there's so many different art forms and hobbies that incorporate different ones
>>40926501Looking at the art for mob psycho, I can definitley say it’s leagues above anything I could make. If that art is considered bad then I’m absolutely fucked. Besides, i wouldn’t know if the stories I’d want to create would be good or not. >>40926582I’ve tried so many and none of them stuck. And for the few I haven’t tried, I can’t even try music because I can’t find a safe reliable way to pirate fl studio.
>>40924139People that aren't good at stuff don't post or draw attention to themselves, simple as.
>>40925914How did you lose all skill I go months without drawing and I don't just revert back to toddler level when I finally pick it back up
>>40925044finished
>>40924139Hey anon.Math, Language, or Art? Which of these are you currently best at?
>>40927647Language I guess, but even then I’m not great at it.>>40927557We get it, you have talent and I don’t. Now stop trying to make me feel like shit>>40927015Maybe you just have natural talent for art
>>40924150OP is probably an 85 IQ tard, if so they can't incrementally grow skill
>>40926959Safe?!? Nigga just torrent whatever bullshit is available. Give your computer digital AIDS and stop being a bitch about it. If you get a virus, wipe your system and install a new download. If you're worried about getting flagged by your ISP, use a seedbox and download it from there after it finishes
>>40927729I don't have a natural talent I've just been doing it for a long time, I'm not even super great I just practice, lose interest for a while and then draw a few times again. I dunno I have depression too but if you don't do something you aren't gonna be good at it that's just that
>>40927729Keep trying other stuff too, but try to play some word association with yourself, a lot of people forget that language is as important to culture as anything else, just try it a bit. Learn to connect words and shit and I dunno, may help you write music eventually because your ability to connect ideas in creative ways
>>40924139I want to learn art
>>40927857I’d rather not lose all my files if I don’t have to. I’d rather just directly download it like most gaming piracy sites let you do, instead of having to torrent it. But idk if anything like that exists for fl studio. My ISP automatically flags snything using a download manager so I’m not sure if a seed box would help>>40927885I have no idea how you don’t lose skill after not practicing for awhile then. Doing something for awhile and then temporarily losing interest until I pick it back up is usually how most things are for me, but I don’t know why I didn’t maintain any skill I developed when I started practicing art again>>40927906I’m a bit confused but thank you
>>40924139Really did make being trans and consuming your whole personality
>>40924139Talent = Time poured into honing a skillThe reason I spent so much time on my skill is>Autism so I got hung up on it and hyperfocused>Couldn't cope being alone with my own thoughts and in my body for even a second for many years and so excessive work on this singular skill was a cope that allowed me to mentally disappear every single day for tens of thousands of hours and now I'm "Talented"I would have just done drugs but I have some illnesses that makes doing most drugs really stressful and just immediately uncomfortable and dangerous and then by that abstinence managed to avoid the ones that would have been kinda fine too.Avoided hypersexuality as a cope cause I had a long term (fairly toxic and unhappy) codependent relationship that filled the hole where that could have been a cope. Food couldn't be a cope cause of illness and money. Vidya was sometimes a cope but I the practice provided more dopamine and dissociation than any video game could for me. Still commonly sunk 100-1000hrs (some 4k) into games but less after I dedicated myself to my work.I didn't have to work much cause cheap housing/codependency and for a while neetbux until I started making money from my work. It consumed me and still consumes me. Now I must go and do my work. Did Troon and sort out most of my bullshit eventually though. I think I'm gonna be ok.
>>40924139i'm stupid as hell
>>40928173Download manager? Lady, just copy paste the magnet link from any torrent site into your free seedr account then click download. No download manager needed. Never exposed your IP to the swarm. Your ISP just sees a regular download.Get a cheap machine specifically for this. There's always someone getting rid of an old machine, check letgo, fb marketplace, nextdoor, pawn shop, etc. wipe it, install a fresh copy of OS, and leave it air gapped if you're really that paranoid. Maybe check out Ableton. I found several torrents for mac on pirate bay. No issues yet.Maybe this is your real problem, you're searching for a perfect unicorn scenario to do what you want instead of taking a leap of faith.
