Q: do you know how to cope with feeling inadequate in your work because i'm hecka struggling bill!! like people are doing so many cool stuff with their hands - they manage to nail down the  little basic stuff that i still struggle to grasp and i feel bad that i'm not progressing on the same level as them. and i know that i should practice more, so i can get better and do things, but what do you do when you don't have the energy to practice more and the things you need to practice just all seem really boring?? and i'm just feeling frustrated at myself, because i'm surrounded by people who are around the same age as me and are doing so much better than me, and i feel like at this rate the ideas and stories i have in my head don't really matter if i can't make it appealing for people to see. i don't know where to start in tackling this problem because i love doing art! i'm just bad at it and i feel bad for being bad at it. thanks for listening i'm sad 
A: i think it's fine, it's just that doing this is so intensely important to you that you are naturally going to focus on it extremely hard and you will be driven a little crazy by some of the shortfalls. but there is equally good news on the other side, which is this: most of the good things you will do, which other people will be impressed by, are actually slightly different than all the 'good' things that you are impressed by in others. your advantages and strengths will be different from your neighbor's