TL;DR: I need to be okay with being where I am on the journey towards being a better artist. But that does not, at all, mean that I shouldn't strive to improve; rather, that I should stop freaking out about the journey and enjoy it.
---I have the strong impression that drawing, that dedicating yourself completely to art -- or even any goal -- is like being asked to be punched in the face and screamed at about how much you suck, over and over. When people ask my advice I tell them to let themselves suck, without having realised that I don't really apply that advice to myself.
A lot of the time I think my art is shit.* In my opinion. There are