[joebob42]

Having a goal, and creating an environment where you can frictionlessly work towards it for a little bit of time most days, is such an unreasonably effective tool. You'll never become a true, deep expert in something with 10 or 15 minutes a day, but in my experience that's all it takes to become perfectly capable at a lot of things.

A few years ago I started having an hour most days that I devote to learning and trying new hobbies / habits / whatever, and when I find something interesting I start giving it a 20 minutes slot in that hour until I stop liking it or I feel I've gotten what I want to out of it. I'm nowhere near a professional at any of this stuff but I have a fulfilling level of competence in a ton of interesting things now, and it's brought me a lot of pleasure.

[agumonkey]

And even then, the "expert" goal may be foolish, these days I'm much more about feeling new things, new ideas, at my level. And then let the "little bit" process take me to where I can go. I may never end up an expert but everyday will have been fun and happy.

[joebob42]

Absolutely. When I was younger I was pretty competitive and tried to be good at everything. These days I'm an expert engineer, and I try to let myself do the rest of the stuff I do just for enjoyment.

[MarcellusDrum]

While this may work for some things, I find that this strategy doesn't work for my particular interests. I've been trying to get into game development and character modeling in Blender for a while now. 20 minutes a day isn't even enough to warm up and remember where you left off. And at the same time, I can't justify giving this hobby a couple of hours a day to give it a real shot.

[99_00]

What works for you in making it frictionless and sticking to the schedule?