because art and animation is a time consuming process that takes hard work, motivation, and time, and most of the community here is full of the "gotta have it now" and instant gratification millennials who would rather microwave a hot pocket than to take thirty minutes to fix a nice dinner

Quote from RichardLongflop

Listen to music beforehand to get pumped, but when you start animating don't listen to music at all. Music when animating makes you focus on two things at once, it gets in the way of focus, and focus is what you need.

Idk, I listen to podcasts while I animate and I have no problem focusing.


Your main problem is likely just self discipline. I think there was a thread about this recently, but I forgot what it was. Just try to set goals and commit to stuff, and not give up as soon as you hit a part you can't animate. Meeting challenges is how you get better, anyways.

Quote from Arch-Angel

because art and animation is a time consuming process that takes hard work, motivation, and time, and most of the community here is full of the "gotta have it now" and instant gratification millennials who would rather microwave a hot pocket than to take thirty minutes to fix a nice dinner

wait...i'm 14 does that mean i'm a millennial? cause I would totally make myself a new meal everynight if i had the money and time. I prefer fresh food to any microwaved stuff.
And I listen to youtube playlists when I animate and i do it just fine ._.

Maybe I should try some of the stuff in this thread....

Of course you'll get bored, there's no point, no goal to that "simple" animation.
Why don't you start your own personal project instead of waiting for something to happen in the forums? Set yourself a goal. Reaching the page is an usuall goal in here. Try to reach that goal.
Other thing that bothers animators is being unsure of what direction an animation is going. That's because (at least on my case) we start animating an idea the second right after we think of it, instead planning it all through, from the first scene to the last one. That's why we use storyboards, people! Storyboards are our safe-boat. They are our ground on which we stand on. If we get lost in any point, we go to our storyboards to recover our track. First you gotta plan it, so you can be sure you can finish it before you start it. That will give you a lot of security, a lot of confidence of what's the next step to take.