Is it worth me trying to learn something new?

Hi all. I’m in two minds whether to start learning something again. I’ve always loved being creative and I love games and movies. In the past I considered creating my own game or movie, I focused more on my own movie and got so far before losing the hyper fixation and motivation. I also didn’t give myself much time to learn, deciding I was rubbish and gave up.

But compared to last time I am now armed with the knowledge that I have autism and ADHD. The diagnosis of ADHD explained my sudden loss of hyper fixation, an issue I do still have but now I’m an adult I’m hopeful I can overcome this or at least return to any project when my hyperness returns.

I’ve looked online and there’s a powerful software tool called blender which is free to use and more than capable of creating graphics for a game or characters for a movie. My worry though is that it takes years to become skilled at using blender and I’m not a fast leaner... That puts me off slightly but looking at videos online and seeing what I could make when I am better at using blender gives me hope.

But given my diagnosis of ADHD and my past failures and lack of confidence I do worry this will end badly. But then I’m always putting myself down which is why I’m in the slightly depressed fix I’m in now. I have a solid idea for a cool animated movie which if I learned blender I could eventually make. I can mimic voices and have done some voice acting online in the past. I can see my goal. I know I can do some bits but the hardest bit is years away and almost feels like I can never reach it. But I want to. But I don’t want to fail at this or overwhelm myself.

Not entirely sure which way to go from here.

Parents
  • Why not just try it out and see where it takes you? If you're worried about the movie you want to make, you could just practice for a while and make smaller things. Then, when you feel that you can do it, you can work on the movie. Right? And I'm sure there are lots of guides online to help you. And even better, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you learn it, because you're doing it for yourself, and the internet can repeat instructions and tutorials for you indefinitely.

    Point is; if I were you, I'd just give it a go and see what happens.

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  • Why not just try it out and see where it takes you? If you're worried about the movie you want to make, you could just practice for a while and make smaller things. Then, when you feel that you can do it, you can work on the movie. Right? And I'm sure there are lots of guides online to help you. And even better, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you learn it, because you're doing it for yourself, and the internet can repeat instructions and tutorials for you indefinitely.

    Point is; if I were you, I'd just give it a go and see what happens.

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