another one i think is pretty universal:

enjoying the process of learning is gonna fuel you so much more than your potential end result. i think it can be very easy to feel you have to 'trudge' through the early stages of a hobby, notably art, before you can do any of the cool shit. finding that enjoyment in learning and improvement, either through "hey i did this cool shit today" or "woah this new thing i learnt about my program has changed my entire workflow" or anything else will do you SO much good rather than just "if i keep doing this for 2 years i'll finally get good enough to do whatever".

re: awesomeloser
also thanks for dat! i think it can be very easy to run a bit here (and i get why) but i think it'd be cool to have a fr fr thread for this kinda stuff esp because most of the people who'd be on this forum are of that creative type