I want to become a content creator, instead of a content consumer

Congrats on taking the first step! I'm glad to see you want to actively express yourself creatively instead of passively consuming the media all around you. I come from a film background as well, graduated a year and a half ago and I'm working a full time job in the field and a part time job at nights. Gotta pay those student loans, haha.

Getting into that mindset of just doing it can be hard, but once you do find it, you start learning all over again, you start discovering things about your creative voice, and it fuels that fire burning in your soul. As for failure, embrace it. It's inevitable, you will be knocked on your ass, and that's not a bad thing. You'll learn from your mistakes and become a stronger, smarter, better person because of it. Failure's part of the process.

As for the ADD, I don't have any solid advice except for write out your goals and progress. Get some index cards, write your stuff out, and tape it to your wall or pin it to your corkboard. Have it somewhere you can see it.

Also, keep in mind that in order to create, you still have to consume to an extent. You need some kind of inspiration, and that's perfectly okay. I'm getting into screenwriting, and sometimes while I write I'll put a movie on, whether it's on a disc or on Netflix. But don't let it get out of hand. I can't do binge watching of TV series, that's like a major black hole of my free time. I have two roommates who play video games all weekend. I'll sit down with them for a little bit, but I know in the back of my head I have things to do.

I'm gonna recommend a book to you, it's helped me so much with being able to harness my creative potential. It's called "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield. It's a game changer for creative people.

You can do it, man! You're on your way. Good luck to you, and if you have any questions feel free to PM me.

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